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Incandescent Lightbulb "ban" 2014
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Hauber" data-source="post: 109634" data-attributes="member: 272"><p>Re: Incandescent Lightbulb "ban" 2014</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One of the energy efficiency arguments they are using is that 90% of the energy is wasted as heat and not light. </p><p>Here in the great-white-north I greatly appreciate all that extra heat! </p><p>Right now electricity here is cheaper than using propane to heat so changing out ALL of my IC bulbs would be noticeable in my increased propane use -or having to add an additional space-heater.</p><p>I keep the heat low in my workshop (converted 1.5-car 1920's standalone garage) overnight when I'm not using it and fire up a bank of 6 X 1000W par cans when I first get in there to flash-warm it up while the baseboards catch-up. Stupid yes I know, but it bugs me more to churn away 6000W of baseboard heaters for the 12-hours I'm NOT using it (and because it's only averaging a R-10 insulation rating they rarely get to the point of cycling off) </p><p>I do prefer all my filaments and resistors even if they aren't as efficient as the fan noise and drying-you-out feeling of forced air drives me crazy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Hauber, post: 109634, member: 272"] Re: Incandescent Lightbulb "ban" 2014 One of the energy efficiency arguments they are using is that 90% of the energy is wasted as heat and not light. Here in the great-white-north I greatly appreciate all that extra heat! Right now electricity here is cheaper than using propane to heat so changing out ALL of my IC bulbs would be noticeable in my increased propane use -or having to add an additional space-heater. I keep the heat low in my workshop (converted 1.5-car 1920's standalone garage) overnight when I'm not using it and fire up a bank of 6 X 1000W par cans when I first get in there to flash-warm it up while the baseboards catch-up. Stupid yes I know, but it bugs me more to churn away 6000W of baseboard heaters for the 12-hours I'm NOT using it (and because it's only averaging a R-10 insulation rating they rarely get to the point of cycling off) I do prefer all my filaments and resistors even if they aren't as efficient as the fan noise and drying-you-out feeling of forced air drives me crazy. [/QUOTE]
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