'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I meant the light, really. It's pukey.
The light seems pretty decent to me though it depends on how new the bulbs are. The new ones are a lot better, then problem is that they last so long that we still have 4-5 year old ones that do have the sucky light.
I thought halogen were less wasteful than regular incandescent.
I have CFL in all but 4 light fixtures. I don't mind them at all. I think having their light diffused by shades helps a bit. The only place they feel particularly fluorescent-y is in the basement, where there seem to clash with the 1970's wood panelling aesthetic.
I begrudge the one in the livingroom. Really, I want my halogen back!
I wonder if more power might help. 60 watts of CFL bulbs will be pretty damn bright and make it seem better. We had a light fixture with that much in a bedroom and had to remove a bulb because it was insanely bright in the room.
I thought halogen were less wasteful than regular incandescent.
The bulbs last longer, but they suck up the juice. They put out a lot of energy as heat. Nice light though.
I just liked the light of the halogen better. And the dimmability. But then the halogen's rheostat died and I discovered that they no longer sell those inexpensive halogen torchiers everywhere. And then I discovered that I can't get to the old rheostat to replace it. And I was sad.
I've heard that's less true these days. It used to be they'd use about an hours worth of juice to start; I think now it's a minute or less....
This was on Mythbusters. I think with the tubes they used it came out to a minute or something just like you're thinking.
they no longer sell those inexpensive halogen torchiers everywhere.
Yeah, they put out so much heat they were a fire hazard.
But I like the fact that light bulbs give off heat! I have a cat who settles directly under my side-table lamp for that reason.
signed,
all your heat are belong to me
The light seems pretty decent to me though it depends on how new the bulbs are. The new ones are a lot better, then problem is that they last so long that we still have 4-5 year old ones that do have the sucky light.
I feel like an ungrateful environmentalist because these are all purchased this year. But thankfully most of the bulbs are with fixtures that will remain when I move, so maybe I can try again with these supposed warmer bulbs.
But I like the fact that light bulbs give off heat! I have a cat who settles directly under my side-table lamp for that reason.
The light I have attached to my stereoscope is ridiculously warm and I keep burning myself on it, because I are smrt. I should get a cat in my office to absorb the heat.
Devi would be disgruntled if I put a CFL in the desklamp. She wouldn't be able to sit with her head up in the lampshade, warming her ears.