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Better common light bulbs
Our house has lots of 75W halogen floods that are about $6/bulb and they don't seem to last very long. GE makes a magnetic resonance bulb that that works as a replacement and only uses around 20 watts. I bought one to try since these cost about $30 each but are supposed to last thousands of hours. It starts sort of slow with an amber light but after a minute it is white and bright. I was a little bugged in the fine print to find that the brightness declined linearly and the rated output was about half brightness halfway through it's lifespan. If they were $5 I'd replace all of the halogens but not at six times that price.
I have had good luck with some other GE bulbs that are sold with the "Capsulite" name. They work well in high ceiling fans and last about 3 times longer than normal incandescents and the price is not too bad.
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We have low voltage halogens and rope lights in and below our kitchen cabinets. They're really nice for putting light exactly where you need it but the halogens sure don't save any energy. Those suckers get hot. They're great for pre-warming the dinner plates though
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Using 130V incandescents will reduce the burnout rate significantly, and that's all we buy anymore, but the light output will be dimmer. Whether it's dim enough to bother you depends on what you do in the area. If it's a reading lamp you may notice, but for outdoor lighting it probably won't matter a bit.
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