I think I have light bulb PTSD

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GoodEnuff

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Have you purchased light bulbs in the last few years? What a PITA!

I recently bought some flood light bulbs. No kidding, you can choose the brightness and sometimes the color with a switch on the light bulb itself. WalMart has an entire aisle of nothing but light bulbs. Are you trying to just replace a 60W bulb in a lamp? Good luck. Leave early; it will take a long time to find the equivalent. Now the label will read 11.2W. Huh? That's like a night light. No, that's the power it is drawing (I think?) but the brightness is what used to be called 60W. The older bulbs aren't marked for lumens so you don't know what it will take to replace the old light. And be certain to take along your magnifying glass to read the fine print on the box.

Argh!
 

GoodEnuff said:
Have you purchased light bulbs in the last few years? What a PITA!

I recently bought some flood light bulbs. No kidding, you can choose the brightness and sometimes the color with a switch on the light bulb itself. WalMart has an entire aisle of nothing but light bulbs. Are you trying to just replace a 60W bulb in a lamp? Good luck. Leave early; it will take a long time to find the equivalent. Now the label will read 11.2W. Huh? That's like a night light. No, that's the power it is drawing (I think?) but the brightness is what used to be called 60W. The older bulbs aren't marked for lumens so you don't know what it will take to replace the old light. And be certain to take along your magnifying glass to read the fine print on the box.

Argh!
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I know tell me about it. My husband was very techi, and he dealt with all that nonsense with the bulbs since it was all changed to make it as awkwards as possible to know what type of bulb we need.... and now he's gone, it's down to me who is not techi at all ..and it's a real PITA
 
<sigh>. My almost 20 yr old lightbulb on the back patio finally gave out recently. I was able to find something I think will work - hopefully the base is the right size - there is base size to also contemplate🤯

For me the bigger issue is now climbing up on the 8’ step ladder. That never bothered me until my third concussion that left me with worse vertigo than I already had.

So the old joke how many _________does it take to change a lightbulb? I’m leaving that wide open for the punsters🤠🤠

Until I have a good “lesser vertigo“ day, I will just continue to use my big spotlight on the dogs when I let them out, so they know that I can see them. You’d be surprised how they hide if they don’t see a light shining on them from the doorway😂😂😂😂
 
GoodEnuff said:
Have you purchased light bulbs in the last few years? What a PITA!

I recently bought some flood light bulbs. No kidding, you can choose the brightness and sometimes the color with a switch on the light bulb itself. WalMart has an entire aisle of nothing but light bulbs. Are you trying to just replace a 60W bulb in a lamp? Good luck. Leave early; it will take a long time to find the equivalent. Now the label will read 11.2W. Huh? That's like a night light. No, that's the power it is drawing (I think?) but the brightness is what used to be called 60W. The older bulbs aren't marked for lumens so you don't know what it will take to replace the old light. And be certain to take along your magnifying glass to read the fine print on the box.

Argh!
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if you have a smart phone just take a pic of the fine print. you can make it bigger in the photo to read it.
 
Michael Z said:
The new light bulbs require so much less energy, which means they also are much cooler so there is less fire hazard. A helpful chart below.
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I have never had a light bulb start a fire, but then I have always been careful not to wrap them in tissue paper or something.

Thanks for the chart. I will try to print that out.
 
IMO the compact fluorescent bulbs were crap, something always seemed to go wrong with them prematurely.

The LEDs are a much better technology.
 

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