Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

Karl Anderson kra@monkey.org
30 May 2002 20:40:35 -0700


Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> writes:

> On Tue, 28 May 2002, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
> 
> > A few months ago I replaced Every Single Incadescent in our house*
> > with the compact fluorescents. Didn't hurt that with some PG&E rebate
> > already applied at Costco, they were like a dollar per bulb.
> 
> I did the inverse a year back, after having used only fluorescents for
> years. I don't like the spectrum, and the residual flickering which I seem 
> to be able to detect.

I'm the most flicker-sensitive person I know (stuck at 1024x768 until
I can afford an LCD, etc.), and the new bulbs are fine.  Don't know
about the spectrum, but at least it's not *as* bad.

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Karl Anderson      kra@monkey.org           http://www.monkey.org/~kra/