# Ban the lightbulbs!

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**Created:** [February 1, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ban-the-lightbulbs/23894 "2007-02-01T02:48:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![skatanic28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@skatanic28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skatanic28)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ban-the-lightbulbs/23894/12 "2007-02-01T06:57:24Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> God I hate that state.
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> 1. What am I really going to save by replacing a .50 bulb that I almost never use with a $7 bulb?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.

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