by PB-PSBearI keep changing incandescent bulbs in my home over to Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). I have been slowly doing this for quite a few years now, and at this point, I have converted 68%. I’m now down to the point that I’m left with a few incandescent reflector floods that have been working for over 15 years and refuse to burn out (though I have already changed some of them), some smaller “night light” style bulbs that really won’t save much by changing them, and some small lamps that are used so little that these also are not worth replacing. This is especially true since they don’t make CFLs small enough for some applications. If they do have a SIMILAR replacement, these are usually too bright, and really don’t save me enough electricity to offset the cost of purchasing the bulbs… CFL lamps get more expensive per watt … Read the rest
