Light Bulbs

[drplokta]

I'm delighted to discover that GE have finally figured out how to make a fluorescent low-energy light bulb the same size as an incandescent, so that it will fit in the same light-shades. Now if they can just sort out the warm-up time, the harsh spectrum, the inability to use them with dimmers and the inability to activate light-sensitive devices, the government's stated aim of banning incandescents might start to look remotely possible.

Comments

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Now if they can just sort out the warm-up time, the harsh spectrum, the inability to use them with dimmers and the inability to activate light-sensitive devices, the government's stated aim of banning incandescents might start to look remotely possible.

For me, warm-up time isn't an issue. As for the harsh spectrum, CFLs with different colour temperatures should be available somewhere over here - at least, we had them in Australia 4 years ago, and I'd be very surprised if some place didn't have them available. I believe there are CFLs which work with dimmers, too - again, haven't seriously looked for them over here, but I'd be surprised if they're not available somewhere. The last issue sounds weird to me, but maybe that's because I don't have any light-activated devices. Wonder what they're missing ?