On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:49:19 -0400, "Mark Fields"
>After I began this experiment I did notice that the lighting was not as
>bright wehn first switched on. I bought a good quality light meter and
>measured what was going on. I takes about 2 to 2-1/2 minutes for the lights
>to come up to full brightness. That was as long as I cared to measure
>brightness to see what was going on. This has various effects. For example
>if using the bathroom in the middle of the night, when the light might be
>switched on for only a minute, it is not acceptable to me or my wife because
>it is like having the light on a dimmer for a short while - if you are going
I swapped out 2 of 3 Incandescent globe bulbs in the bathroom vanity
with Globe CFLs's (180watts verses 82 watts). European CFL's
purchased from IKEA do a decent job of matching color temp and start
wayyy quicker... (less than 2 seconds to 60%... 20-30secs to full
brightness.)
As I cut back on energy hogs. I'm finding that HDTV/DISH viewing is a
significant portion of energy bill (~30% in winter/spring).
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>bright wehn first switched on. I bought a good quality light meter and
>measured what was going on. I takes about 2 to 2-1/2 minutes for the lights
>to come up to full brightness. That was as long as I cared to measure
>brightness to see what was going on. This has various effects. For example
>if using the bathroom in the middle of the night, when the light might be
>switched on for only a minute, it is not acceptable to me or my wife because
>it is like having the light on a dimmer for a short while - if you are going