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Screw-base Fluorescent Lights

by Ross Orr

As seen in MAKE 07 Toolbox

Type(s): Household Product
Tags: bulb, fluorescent, cost saver



http://bulbs.com/products/product.asp?page=products&class=816
$5 (US, estimated) Buy from amazon.com

Tool photo.

If you spend your workday in Cube Hell, the very words "fluorescent light" might send you off screaming. But there's been a quiet revolution in compact fluorescents lately: No deathly blue pallor, no hum, no flicker. The light is warm and slightly pinkish; their form factor is a drop-in replacement for old-tech incandescent bulbs. But who would buy a $5 light bulb?



You will, once you do the math: You can save more than $50 over the lamp's lifetime in electricity. And since they last ten times as long as incandescents, you'll save a bit more on bulb replacement too. But they're best for locations where they'll stay on for a few hours — frequent on/offs can burn them out earlier than their rated lifetimes.


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