CFL nostalgia! « on: March 21, 2022, 06:29:08 AM » Author: AngryHorse
So, Saturday morning I dug out my big box of CFLs, and got all nostalgic about them!  And as a result I’ve started to re-fit them again around the house!  , I now have my original Philips 18 watt Genie that was on the landing before I tested the 20 watt CMH back in, the exact same lamp! I’ve removed both the 10 watt Megaman LED in the bathroom for two 11 watt RING twin tube CFL, and as I’ve got boxes of 20 watt versions of Osram, Status and GE, I may reinstate those back into the kitchen lights! It kind of cool to see the pre-heat starts and the tiny banding on the tubes again, and the after glow of them when they turn off!
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #1 on: March 21, 2022, 06:49:05 AM » Author: Rommie
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #2 on: March 21, 2022, 10:02:33 AM » Author: AngryHorse
Not fully!  , I’m keeping all LED outside as their on for longer hours, but funny enough, the 18 watt Genie on the landing is better than the LED that was there!  , better colour and as it’s not just downward directed light, the walls and ceiling get lit again!
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #3 on: March 21, 2022, 11:49:08 AM » Author: Econolite03
Remember back when everyone on L-G hated CFLs in the early 2010s? Now they are collectors items. Personally I’d like to get my hands on those old GE Compax lamps.
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #4 on: March 21, 2022, 01:49:07 PM » Author: Medved
@Econolite03: And at the same time mused about how "LED's are much better"... :-D And the same with the HPS (replacing the MV's at that time) in streetlights... The life is just funny...
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #5 on: March 21, 2022, 01:59:57 PM » Author: Rommie
I have always preferred sodium light (LPS or HPS) to MV or MH, I just don't like white(ish) light for street lighting. Also, Sammi has night blindness, which means she can hardly see at all under the infernal LED's we are now stuck with. But with sodium light, she can actually read without changing from distance to reading glasses..!
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #6 on: March 21, 2022, 02:05:19 PM » Author: Econolite03
So are you gonna convert your whole dwelling to SOX lamps, so when you walk into the bathroom and it’s just pure sodium? A 180W hung from the ceiling should do the trick.
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #7 on: March 21, 2022, 03:02:32 PM » Author: Rommie
It's an idea  We already mainly light the living room with SOX and HPS Gamma 6's, and our alarm clock is a 35W SOX in a Beta 5 so that's the bedroom covered..! The other rooms (bathroom, kitchen and hallway) aren't occupied for long enough, so we'll stick with 2D CFL and incandescents for those.
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #8 on: March 21, 2022, 04:55:57 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Back when I was a child, circline adapters and spiral shaped self ballasted CFL lamps fascinated me in such a way that I often enjoyed running spiral self ballasted CFl lamps side by side with A19 incandescent bulbs. In some cases, I even had some permanent installations with spiral CFL lamps and incandescent bulbs installed side by side. When I was a child, I even dreamed about lighting my house with circline adapters all over the place. Because of my fascination with CFL lamps, I ended up having a 22w preheat circline adapter installed in the attic of my parents’ house. In addition, I also freaked out whenever I saw fluorescent light bulbs flickering when I was young and sometimes, I even made CFL lamps flicker intentionally by using installing them on incandescent fixtures controlled by dimmer switches.
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #9 on: March 21, 2022, 04:56:12 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Quote from: Econolite03 on March 21, 2022, 11:49:08 AM Remember back when everyone on L-G hated CFLs in the early 2010s? Now they are collectors items. Personally I’d like to get my hands on those old GE Compax lamps. Doesn’t seem that long ago does it?, I have loads of GEs Biax lamps with GEs unique ‘M’ shape at the bends, and carrying the Made in Hungary print when that actually meant something special!
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #10 on: March 21, 2022, 11:34:21 PM » Author: icefoglights
Quote from: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA on March 21, 2022, 04:55:57 PM I even dreamed about lighting my house with circline adapters all over the place. Had that dream many times.  Even got to experience someone else living it.  The brother-in-law of a friend from high school had his "man cave" down in his unfinished basement lit with something like 8 porcelain fixtures holding those LOA 9" 30-watt circline adapters.
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #12 on: March 28, 2022, 01:09:34 AM » Author: bulb_tester2009
I really like fluorescent lights because I am attracted to his unique light color, but in order to save energy, our home CFL is gradually replaced by LEDs
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #13 on: March 28, 2022, 01:51:57 AM » Author: AngryHorse
To be honest, there’s little difference in light output between a 13 watt LED and a 20 watt CFL  , on paper yes the LED is 300 odd lumens brighter, but as the LED I had in the kitchen was SMT with only downward directed light, and the old CFL is 360 degrees light, you really can’t tell any different! Also at the time I was using CFL a few years ago I didn’t notice, but a 2700K CFL seems to have more red in its spectrum than the average 2700K LED when put next to each other? I’ve got all LED in my outside lighting as their on all night, but it’s nice to have CFL back in use inside the house again
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	Re: CFL nostalgia! « Reply #14 on: March 30, 2022, 01:28:52 AM » Author: bulb_tester2009
The light color of the CFL is very attractive to me.
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