[cfgeeks] Re: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in 2012?

[Karen Hill]

We use them also and I love them.  The only difference is our dimmer switch lighting. It freaks out our dimmer switch with a low buzzing sound when you actually "dim" them and the bulbs blew within a month or two.  Definitely makes a temp difference in a small room with lots of lights, too.  I buy the more expensive ones as well, so maybe that makes a difference...


----- Original Message ----
From: Kevin P. Inscoe <kevin at inscoe.org>
To: cfgeeks at mail.cfgeeks.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:26:05 PM
Subject: [cfgeeks] [kb9bvn at earthlink.net: Re: [qrp-l.org] OT: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in 2012?]


Hmm.. seems folks like them.

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From: Brian - KB9BVN <kb9bvn at earthlink.net>
To: qrp-l at qrp-l.org, Peter Burbank <nv4v at adelphia.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:51:13 -0500
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Subject: Re: [qrp-l.org] OT: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in  2012?
Reply-To: Brian - KB9BVN <kb9bvn at earthlink.net>

We have at least a dozen of these bulbs in the house right now, and we've 
been planning on installing more.  I just took my portable shortwave 
receiver to the living room and checked the noise with them off and with 
them on from about 5 feet away and I don't hear any difference, same thing 
with the ones in the kitchen.

The bulb replacements that we use are all the slightly more expensive name 
brand bulbs (Like GE I think), and I have not tried any of the Home Depot or 
Lowes branded bulbs...so I don't know about those.

In our master closet is a typical tubular fluorescent that makes a racket 
when the starter is failing.

73

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Burbank" <nv4v at adelphia.net>
To: <qrp-l at qrp-l.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [qrp-l.org] OT: Compact flourescents mandated in CA in 2012?


> Chris,
> I have about 6 of these in use around the house and they are all
> quiet RFI wise.
> I don't have any dimmer circuits since that's just asking for RFI.
> Is it possible that the problems are related to use on dimmer
> circuits only or is
> it dependent on the particular brand?
> 73 Pete NV4V


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