What size bulb?

[johnieG]

Very nice find & the perfect size for clocks & lightup menu signs, etc too!

[aspbear]

Thanks, learn something every day up here.  I am going to see if I can find some of these..

[collecture]

Thanks for all the input!
I did not see what Curtis had pictured, but I got something similar.
I got it at Home Depot:

It is a mini spiral lamp fluorescent bulb.
BRAND: N:VISION
OUTPUT: 450 LUMENS
ENERGY WATTS USED: 9 WATTS
LIFE HOURS: 10,000 HOURS

It provides a nice 40W bright light, but only uses 9 watts and therefore less generated heat. Packaging boasts that it last nine years - really lights up the clock!

Thanks again for all the responses!!!

[Pat Pixley]

 I replaced all my bulbs in my home with the new florescent bulb's and it has mad a differences in my electric bill of $8.00 a month add that up and thats a $96.00 dollar savings
for the year  .

  set that aside for a soda machine  .

[collecture]

I replaced all my bulbs in my home with the new florescent bulb's and it has mad a differences in my electric bill of $8.00 a month add that up and thats a $96.00 dollar savings
for the year  .

set that aside for a soda machine  .

I am slowly switching to them as well - as the old conventional ones burn out.

[BrianB]

One of my co-workers, an electrical engineer, changed ALL of his bulbs in his house from incandescent lights to Compact Flourescent Lights (CFL's) about three years ago. I asked him how things were going with that and he has ended up switching back to incandescent!!

He basically did a time study on them and came to the educated conclusion that cost outweighed performance when it came to CFL's. He found that they burnt out much quicker than rated and cost approx. 6-7 time as much as a standard bulb. The cost savings on his electrical bill was ok but did not make up for the early replacement cost.

As far as clocks go, I'll switch mine over to the one Curtis showed or a small CFL. Better safe than sorry!

[bubba]

One of my co-workers, an electrical engineer, changed ALL of his bulbs in his house from incandescent lights to Compact Flourescent Lights (CFL's) about three years ago. I asked him how things were going with that and he has ended up switching back to incandescent!!

He basically did a time study on them and came to the educated conclusion that cost outweighed performance when it came to CFL's. He found that they burnt out much quicker than rated and cost approx. 6-7 time as much as a standard bulb. The cost savings on his electrical bill was ok but did not make up for the early replacement cost.

As far as clocks go, I'll switch mine over to the one Curtis showed or a small CFL. Better safe than sorry!

I was wondering what the payback time was on that.. Thanks for the info. We have gotten into the habit of turning the lights and tv's off when not in the room. My wife is doing ok with it, but the kids have a little way to go still.

[pyro3256]

soap box for a min. as my master taught me " bulbs are for the gardner lamps light the way".
hay what ever works for you. never underestimate the electrical supply house most are tied to lighting centers as well as fixturers are the number one upgrade for builders. so different lamps (bulbs) are common place to them no matter the wattage or style or voltage.  on a side note.  bottom line you gotta find what works. i collect lone star beer things. got a large sign than has a revolving center. and it would not turn, motor burned up. looked every where ask around. even went to the lone star plant in san antone and ask. no one knew about the motor in the sign. fill'n in at another station and see a burned up bbq. and wires exposed. ask what happened. " grease fire!, while on a call"  ask what are the wires told me the auto rotisery. two calls later and i had a slow moving 120 v slim line motor that with a drill bit and super glue worked in my sign. moral what ever works!