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Originally Posted by drglinski
I've had CFL lights in my house for the 3 years I've lived in it. No real problems. That being said, these aren't in an unheated garage/shop.
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I've yet to replace a CFL bulb (except for one that my hay guys busted). I use them in several lamps in the house and on our two porch lights that are on all the time and recently are using them in outdoor area lights. One is a 200 watt equivalent (65 watt draw) that has about twice the lumens as some of the others of that size. Yet to go through a winter with this one but the 100 watt equivalent on the other side of the barn and a couple inside the barn have been great. Yes, they take a bit to warm up in the cold but it's a matter of a minute or two, they work fine. Our electric bill is out of sight so I welcome the energy savings. The LEDs look promising too if they can get the price down a little, want to use up my stock of regular and CFLs first.