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 11-22-2007, 11:04 Post: 148613
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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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I suspect the problem of Mercury and such with CFLs is vastly over-stated.

CFLs, like many other forms of light bulbs use a gaseous VAPOUR to cause the illumination. In the case of a Fluorescent light bulb, the 'normal' cause for failure is that the Mercury (or other) gas has been depleted through either consumption or leakage. This type of failure starts with the bulb getting dimmer and changing colour, usually to a pinkish colour, as the Mercury disappears and the only thing left is the Argon or other inert gas which gives a different light, and not as much of it either.

To put it in perspective, if your electricity comes from a coal-fired generating station, in the 5 years (the average) life span of a CFL, the generating station would have released nearly double the amount of Mercury into the atmosphere from powering the incandescent bulb over the CFL than the CFL contains in total.

BTW, most areas now have a CFL recycling facility to ensure the proper disposal of CFLs, coal-fired generating stations keep chugging right along.

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