Ban the lightbulbs!

[skatanic28]

@JayS

God I hate that state.

1. What am I really going to save by replacing a .50 bulb that I almost never use with a $7 bulb?

2. CFLs put out different light. I have them in several rooms in my house now, and everywhere but the bathroom they seem to be ok. I can deal with the fact that they don’t come on full bright for a couple minutues. In the bathroom though they make the paint look a completely different color, so much so that I’m thinking about going back to regular bulbs.

3. None of the ones I’ve seen for sale locally work with dimmer switches. I’ve read that dimmable ones do exist, but I’m guessing they’re even more expensive.

The fact is they aren’t cost effective unless you put them in lights that are on a lot. If that’s the case, why should they be mandatory?

you just need to look for CFL’s with a higher CRI and lower color temp.
a 2700k CFL with a CRI > .9 will be pretty close to an incandescent.

i agree that for some areas incandescent lighting makes sense, but most of the time it’s just wasteful.