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Posted on: 2/8/09 6:07 PM ET
Does anyone have, or do they even make a fluorescent light kit for a ceiling fan fixture?
I just moved my sewing space to a spare bedroom and the lighting stinks. But the ceiling fan light is in the right place, directly above my machine, a little to the left, but the light is not bright enough. I used to have fluorescent ceiling lights before( in my basement room), and had no trouble with eye strain. I don't have a lot of room to the left of my machine for a floor lamp, and a table lamp gets in my way, so if I could improve this ceiling fan fixture it would be ideal.
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Posted on: 2/8/09 8:05 PM ET
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I don't believe there is one, but I've seen where people put those funny fluorescent bulbs in their ceiling fans.
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Posted on: 2/8/09 8:07 PM ET
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I have the funny fluorescent bulb in mine - much better lighting. Of course, when I put it in I dropped the globe and broke it. The replacement I bought doesn't fit so it doesn't have a cover on it!!! Hasn't bothered me enough to worry about it yet.
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Posted on: 2/8/09 10:12 PM ET
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I use the energy efficient flourescent bulbs in mine. They are a bit bigger in size than the other regular bulbs, but they are plenty bright enough. You can buy then in wattage equivalents, so if you want one as bright as a 40 or 75, you can get what you need. I like the whiter tone of them for sewing too, so I do recomend them.
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Posted on: 2/9/09 8:48 AM ET
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I have the funny fluorescent bulbs in mine, the "daylight" ones. It's well worth it, even at night my sewing room is lit up like I'm outside.
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Posted on: 2/9/09 9:06 AM ET
Thanks everyone, I was thinking about those bulbs and looked at them in the store. I wonder, if my fixture says 60 watt max bulbs, and the energy efficient bulbs say 13w=60wlight, could I go even higher? Does that mean it is really only a 13w bulb?
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Posted on: 2/9/09 10:35 AM ET
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Yes, you can safely use a compact fluorescent lamp of a higher light output rating than the fixture is rated for in an incandescent lamp. As you surmise, the "actual" power rating of the CF lamps is considerably less than for the equivalent incandescent lamp. They use much less power to produce the same amount of light. The "actual" wattage rating indicates directly how much heat is generated by the lamp, and heat is what the power rating of the fixture is based on.

Also, should you happen to have a ceiling fan/light fixture that has candelabra size lamps, they are now making CF lamps with candelabra bases.

Remember to dispose of old CF lamps properly as a hazardous waste, since each lamp contains a small amount of mercury. They should never go directly in the garbage. Local governments should have information on disposal.

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Posted on: 2/9/09 3:42 PM ET
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Thanks Al, just what I needed to know. I'll be looking for new light bulbs tonight! So even though my fixture takes 3- 60watt regular bulbs, I could get say 3- 75watt CF bulbs, since they are equivalent to 20/22watt I believe, correct?
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Posted on: 2/9/09 4:16 PM ET
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Yes, you can go up to the actual rating of the fixture. The 13 or 23 or whatever rating on the CF lamp is it's actual power draw, and is what you should go by. The "Equivalent to 100W" statement on the package is to give you an idea of the light output, and has nothing to do with the actual power draw of the lamp. The largest ones I've seen are 100 watt equivalent, and the actual rating on them is I think 23 watts. So you get 100 watts worth of light from an actual use of 23 watts of electricity. This runs much cooler (watts=heat) than the 100 watt incandescent lamp you would otherwise use to get that amount of light.

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Posted on: 2/9/09 6:11 PM ET
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Clear as mud! Thanks again.
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