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Sunday, November 9th, 2008 06:24 pm

I just got back from the hardware store¹, where I discovered that multi-packs of commodity CFL light bulbs in standard 13W and 23W sizes are, at last, available² in "bright white" and daylight phosphors as well as only "soft white" — which is to say, dingy yellowish.

With any luck, I have bought my last "soft white" lamp.  EVER.

[1]  In this case, Lowes Hardware.

[2]  Available at least in the Bright Effects brand.  I don't know if other brands (Sylvania, for example) are doing it yet.

Monday, November 10th, 2008 05:23 am (UTC)
Great, now I can (finally) begin migrating our household over to those. Our hatred of yellow lightbulbs was the one thing keeping us away from CFLs.
Monday, November 10th, 2008 11:39 am (UTC)
The one problem I've found migrating to CFLs is that there are sometimes tolerance issues. I've found the base contact on CFL bulbs tends to be just a fraction shorter than on incandescents, and if the base contact in the socket has list its spring temper due to being too hot for too long (which I find many of them have) it's sometimes enough to make CFLs fail to make contact. Adding a generous solder bead to the base contact in the socket solves the problem.

I don't know if all manufacturers are offering bright-white and daylight yet, or if all stores are carrying them yet. These were Bright Effects brand, and I found them at Lowes Hardware.