dkh2
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Never thought the ban made any sense. The CFL's have mercury in them. Every year there are millions of these things thrown away, with no provision as to what do with the mercury!.. yet incandescent bulbs are bad????
Thanks for that Russ.I use solar panels and wind turbines with an amp meter setup on a 24 volt battery bank. I have tested the start up draw on cfl's and I have never noticed an extra draw on power. What i have seen is a big saving on amps used on cfl's. A 60 watt regular bulb pulls 2.5 amps per hour. A 13 watt cfl pulls .3 amps per hour, with no start up surge that I can see. I use all cfl's in my house, turn all light out when not in a room. The link below is helpful on the power myths
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cfl.htmlwer
Russ