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John Mayer, 'Stop This Train'

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njdhockeyfan2/16/2011 6:09:56 am PST

re: #375 Decatur Deb

The CFs are a stopgap. I’m seeing LED arrays at Sam’s that go to 850 lumens. They’ll keep improving them and there are other possible fixes out there. (The LEDs are still very expensive, about 25.00 for the 850 ‘bulb’.) Here in the South, it’s not just the inefficiency of the light source, but the waste heat that must be counted on the AC load.

I’m old school I guess. The CF bulbs just don’t have the warmth look in a room like standard bulbs do. The issue with mercury in CF bulbs concerns me as well.