[geeks] CHEAP compact fluorescent bulbs

[Leo Green]

Well, I just bought a set of these CF bulbs from smarthome.  I'll let 
you guys know how it goes.

I use X10 to turn on and off a lot of other devices in my house, like an 
air filter, fans, etc...
I like having the filter run when I'm not at home, and the fans running 
while there's daylight.  It's also nice to have the lights on when I 
come home, dim automatically late at night, and go out when the sun 
comes up.  As far as the MAC versions, for some reason, I haven't 
managed to get my usb serial port to work under classic yet, but i'll 
figure it out as soon as I give it more than 5 mins of attention.  At 
some point, i'll have to get the unix X-10 utilities to work, but I 
haven't really cared to yet.

Chris Hedemark wrote:

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> On Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 01:28 PM, Leo Green wrote:
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>> Anyone ever used these compact fluorescent bulbs with X10?  I tried, 
>> and the bulbs kept flickering, and they blew out within a month.
>> That's the only thing keeping me from going to CF's right now.
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> Actually it is buggery problems like that (with other stuff) that kept 
> me from going to X10.