On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 15:27 +0000, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
> >Lamps in my house fail quickly because I seem to spend a lot
> >of time going around the house turning them off, whilst my
> >wife appears to have the opposite goal...
> 
> My wife selectively has that problem as well, while simultaneously berating 
> me for using electricity by leaving lights on ...
> 
> Good reason to go with high efficiency bulbs, they last longer ... 

All the main lighting in my house has been switched over to CFLs, and
I'm very happy with the result.

I used to hate CFLs since their colour was way off compared to
incandescent, but these days the colours are so accurate that you can't
even tell whether a particular lamp is CFL or incandescent.

Aside from the long life, they use about 1/4 - 1/5 of the power, so my
electricity bills have shown a result as well.

Highly recommend them, especially for people in 240V countries since
your bulb filaments are thinner to begin with and more prone to blowing.

TTYL 

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