Friday, January 11, 2013

Kelvinator redux

Back in May I mentioned bidding a fond farewell to our ancient Kelvinator. Turned out it wasn't totally gone. This was in the mail today:
What did I find when I opened the box, you ask?
This stash of CFLs is a thank you to us from a consortium of public power companies in Michigan -- various REAs and a couple of municipal power companies -- because we decided to jettison our energy hog antique refrigerator. The S.O. and I looked at that stash of CFLs, thought about just how infrequently we've had to change the ones we already own, and had the same thought: we now have a lifetime supply of lightbulbs. The S.O. is such a cheap bastard so frugal he made the switch to CFLs years ago. About the only incandescent left in our house is the one in the refrigerator.
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5 comments:

  1. BBCJanuary 11, 2013 at 9:10 PM

    If my newest fridge has a light in it I'm not aware of it, guess it burned out before I got it.

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  2. BBCJanuary 12, 2013 at 8:25 AM

    Our new club has more damn incandescent bulbs in it than you can shake a stick at. I guess the building committee doesn't give a damn about the ecology.

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  3. SusanJanuary 14, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    Hate the bulbs - can't see in my house anymore. But I buy them. The sting must be less when they are free.

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  4. TracyJanuary 16, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    Yeah, we used to use those. Then one exploded and set the laundry room afire about four years ago, and we switched back to incandescents.
    I have a friend who has also had a fire caused by a CFL failure, so it probably isn't all that uncommon.

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  5. The Blog FodderFebruary 17, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    Our CFLs last about 1/10 as long as the incandescents.

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