Jay,

You should really look at the new compact fluorescents. The old ones were
sort of yellowish and had a tendency to pop if you looked at them crosseyed,
but the new ones are really sturdy, white, and I haven't changed one in
three or four years. I've got them in the house, in the shop, in the lab,
and in the hangar. I remember that on one of our first trips to the
hardware store when Gail moved to California we got a raft of them for our
computer benches. I just looked up and out of 7 bulbs that burn almost 8-10
hours a day, three of them were from that first batch --- and that was 1995.

I don't know how Iowa Gas and Electric (or whatever the name is) has the
same sort of promo that Pacific Gas and Electric has, but every now and
again PG&E will kick in with a deal where you can get as many of the bulbs
as you want for about half the normal price. AND in the deal you get about
four to five times the efficiency of an incandescent bulb.

Jim

--
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
--James Dean

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Now, if someone could only replace standard incandescent bulbs with
LEDs, I'd buy 'em tomorrow... To never change another g*($#@@ light
bulb at the inn would be worth a lot of money to me!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"