Re: Fluorescent globes are false economy?



Kelly wrote:

The price of fluro bulbs has come down alot in recent years. But they
still cost alot compared to incandecent globes (eg $4 vs 40c). I
calculated the payback to be 2 years per globe. The annoying thing is
that every fluro bulb i've owned has failed in less than 2 years.

Last time I bought CFs they were less than $2 each at costco. They have a nice color and I think two out of ten have failed in over four years. Payback is about 500 hours. Most of my bulbs see 6 hours a day in the winter so break even occurs in about 3-4 months for me. (60 watt equivalent at $.08/kwh).

Best, Dan.

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