Re: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs – A Tale From Dust to Dust

Hi Eric, Ben,

Eric, dimmable cfls are now available! See here for the article and link to buying them:
http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/lighten-up/886
&
http://www.thegreenguide.com/blog/freshfinds/340

1. Yes, dimming does save energy.
2. Dimming CFLs saves even more.

From a performance standpoint, I replaced all my bulbs with CFLs about 2-3 years ago. We can no longer tell any discernable difference in lighting, and are very happy with the lumen output. We live in Colorado, and our electric bills are consistently less than my comparable peers. Further, I've only had one burn out,and can attribute that to a bottom of the barrel brand I tried. Most of mine came from Home Depot and are major brands.

Finally, I have an article at work showing LEDs lights have a huge payback and our customer, the military, is probably going to be putting them into new construction and some retro-replacement. They no longer replace burnouts with any incandescent, only CFLs.

Thanks for providing the valuable information.
-Frank