John Cox

Light Bulbs

Sometimes, I just like to hedge my bets. About a month ago I watch "An Inconvenient Truth" and decided that I don't necessarily agree with all of the assertions placed there isn't much of a reason for me to not try to do a little better on conservatism. About $100 later, I have almost replaced every light bulb in my house with the low energy fluorescents.

My wife thinks I am insane for changing perfectly good bulbs. That said, she is going to think I am even crazier when I begin to replace light fixtures because they don't take standard bulbs. I don't see much of a difference between the lights, although I do admit that regardless of the wattage, they do seem to be a bit dimmer than normal bulbs. They also seem to need a little warm-up time, where they get brighter the longer that they are on.

What I am curious about is the money savings with this switch. Although I am just hedging my bets, I'd still like to have a little return on investment. I'm comparing bills from last year to this, but I am not sure if that is going to be the best measurement. Anyone have a better way to do this?

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