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Utility Woes 859  Posted by timothy  CFLs Causing Utility Woes
Comments Filter:   • Still... (Score:5, Interesting)      by
revlayle (964221) on Wednesday April 08, 2009 @05:52PM
(#27510279) Homepage     Since I have switched to CFL... none of
my light bulbs has ever burned out yet for 9+ months. With
incandescents, I was changing 5-6 light-bulbs a month (I live in
an older house, the electric grid and the wiring in the place I
live is not always ideal for traditional light bulbs)     •
Re:Still... (Score:5, Informative)        by eln (21727) on
Wednesday April 08, 2009 @06:05PM (#27510505) Homepage        I
agree, and even if the article is 100% accurate, you are still
saving more than 50%.        About 3 months ago I decided to
switch over, and since then I've been slowly replacing all my
incandescents with CFLs as they burn out. I was initially afraid
of the flicker factor, since the flourescent tubes in my laundry
room flicker like crazy and give