The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[nachoman]

Does Canada have the same restrictions on incandescent bulbs as we have in the US? We have a fairly decent stock of 60W, 100W and three-way incandescents, not that we're hoarders, it's just that they were being offered so cheap we couldn't afford to pass them up. We also have found that the CFL's don't give out the same intensity of light that the incandescent ones do. That, plus so far they haven't come out with a CFL replacement for a three-way bulb. We would switch to LED bulbs, but we would have to put a second mortgage on the house to do that.

Don, those LED bulbs are getting cheaper by the day. I see them cheap enough at Costco that next time I buy bulbs I will go with the LEDs. I switched to all CFLs about 5 years ago, and will switch to the LEDs for the same reasons. 1) Incandescent bulbs give off a ton of heat, and I don't want that here in Arizona in the summertime. 2) My house is old, and doesn't have many circuits, and all are 15 amp. As a result, I could have lights, microwaves, coffee pots, and hair dryers all on the same circuit. Take a few of the above, and add a few 60 watt bulbs, and the breaker trips. The CFLs are using about 1/4 the electricity, and that gives me a little wiggle room when I happen to be running the vacuum at the same time I am cooking a bag of popcorn.