http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2008/09/04/mercury-and-cfl-bulbs/ Weather, Gardening, Full Moons, Best Days and more. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2008/09/04/mercury-and-cfl-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Teresa Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:04:16 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather_chatter/2008/09/04/mercury-and-cfl-bulbs/#comment-467 Transitioning from incandescents to CFLs will reduce the net amount of mercury released into the environment because it reduces the amount of electricity used. Coal-fired plants supply more than half of the nation’s electricity and are the largest source of mercury emissions into the air, accounting for approximately 50 tons annually. By requiring more energy to operate, using incandescent bulbs are actually responsible for releasing more mercury into the environment than using CFL bulbs.

]]> http://www.farmersalmanac.com/blog/2008/09/04/mercury-and-cfl-bulbs/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Eileen Barnes Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:13:51 +0000 http://www.farmersalmanac.com/weather_chatter/2008/09/04/mercury-and-cfl-bulbs/#comment-466 I switched over to the new CFL bulbs in the past year to cut back thinking to save money on hydro and bulbs. In the last 4 months i have had 4 CFL bulbs burn out in different sockets. One bulb not only burnt out it melted the base (black and bubbled from the heat) and sent black soot up my wall. i tried calling around and even called my local hydro office. no one seemed to care. i could see maybe the socket being a problem if they kept burning out in the same spot but they are all in different spots. warrenty is no good without packaging , which no i don't have, packaging for 15 bulbs when they only come two in a box at time i purchased mine, its too bulky no place to keep it. and knowing about the mercury, how safe is it when a bulb burns and melts like that? are these really helpfull? I switched over to the new CFL bulbs in the past year to cut back thinking to save money on hydro and bulbs. In the last 4 months i have had 4 CFL bulbs burn out in different sockets. One bulb not only burnt out it melted the base (black and bubbled from the heat) and sent black soot up my wall. i tried calling around and even called my local hydro office. no one seemed to care. i could see maybe the socket being a problem if they kept burning out in the same spot but they are all in different spots. warrenty is no good without packaging , which no i don’t have, packaging for 15 bulbs when they only come two in a box at time i purchased mine, its too bulky no place to keep it.
and knowing about the mercury, how safe is it when a bulb burns and melts like that? are these really helpfull?

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