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Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet)Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet)Posted Jun 28, 2009 21:55 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet) by brother_rat Parent article: Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet)
Yes indeed, and I'm seriously not looking forward to it. There appears to
be no energy-efficient bulb on sale equivalent to the old 100W bulbs: they go up to 60W-equivalent and then stop.
And 60W is not enough to read by :(
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Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet) Posted Jun 29, 2009 9:27 UTC (Mon) by farnz (guest, #17727) [Link] I've had no problems sourcing 20W CFLs (100W equivalent) in the UK. You might like to try DIY stores - my most consistent source is Homebase.
Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet) Posted Jun 29, 2009 12:19 UTC (Mon) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]
A 20W CFL is certainly toted as being equivalent to 100W incandescent, but - I don't know if it's due to colour temperature, dimming over time, or what - I find them to be intolerable.
I'd like to try a 30W but they're hard to find and cost around £10 which is a bit much. For the moment I'm soldiering on with this 20W thing and leaving it off until it's almost too dark to see, since it inexplicably feels like it makes the room *darker* until that point.
Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet) Posted Jun 29, 2009 12:37 UTC (Mon) by farnz (guest, #17727) [Link] One thing to watch for - incandescent lights warm up almost instantly, whereas CFLs take ten to fifteen minutes to warm up. Note also that CFLs tend to be bluer than incandescents once running - if this bothers you, halogens are your best bet.
Shuttle XS29f: Linux Looks Great in Green (LinuxPlanet) Posted Jul 2, 2009 19:00 UTC (Thu) by NRArnot (subscriber, #3033) [Link]
They'll carry on selling halogen-incandescent bulbs, which are now widedly available in housings compatible with old-style bulbs. Halogen gives a better-quality light and about 25% more of it for the same wattage. I too don't like the quality of light from CFLs, but given halogen bulbs, there's no excuse for the other sort.
Halogens cost more, but if you drop the wattage a bit you'll save much of the extra cost in electricity over 2000 hours life.
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