Everybody gets new light bulbs in 2012 - OK, the ones you have will probably be burned out by then anyway but the new ones will have to be that new, curly kind called CFLs. They're supposed to save a lot of energy, is why, although they may not be all that landfill friendly, it turns out. And, well, a few other things. Says Brian Clark Howard in The Daily Green...
But they'll do better, Howard says. We'll see. Or not.
And, says Treehugger, there are, um, "quality lapses."
That puts a new light on things.
(Sorry)
When the New York Times
conducted a panel recently to evaluate different popular CFLs, the
reception from those with a designer's eye was harsh. Testers said they
hated many of the offerings; thought they cast sickly glows; rendered
complexions like those of the embalmed; lacked the warm, firelike
quality of incandescents; and were unsuitable for attractive interiors.
But they'll do better, Howard says. We'll see. Or not.
And, says Treehugger, there are, um, "quality lapses."
This week a comparison by Sweden's SP Technical Research Institute of CFLs gives credence to the idea that CFL quality is even more fickle than consumers' preferences.
SP tested eight different CFL bulbs from manufacturers such as
Philips, Osram, and IKEA, and found that none of them - not one! -
lived up to manufacturers claims for strength of the light (lumens).
Temperatures of -10C and below caused some bulbs to flicker, others to
not even light. Bulbs took from two to seven minutes to come to full
strength.
That puts a new light on things.
(Sorry)
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