GE 13-Watt Energy SmartTM - 8 Pack - 60 watt replacement


General Electric

Product Details

  • Last 8 times longer than a archetype incandescent!
  • Runs cooler cache on cooling costs!
  • Universal Green Will Save You Green!

Customer Reviews

2700K
I haven't extraordinarily done much with these lights yet, just unpacked one and took a few photos with one bulb. White balance is coming in at very close-matched to 2700K. I wish these had CRI rating, but I can't complain for a sub one dollar product. So far very worth the price. Will continue on later with a bank of these bulbs and see how it preforms then.

2010-08-20 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

compact CFL replacement lighting
These CFLs give off a perilous warm, golden light. I have them in several places around the house including the bathroom and find them a better alternative than LED lighting at dole. Great value as well.

2010-08-20 (Washington, DC) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

a gargantuan deal at this price . . .
Prices at Amazon often undulate, but $6.99 for an eight pack of CFL's (compact fluorescent lamps), is a very good price, especially if you get free shipping. These 13W lamps are very unimportant, only 1.5 inches in diameter, and 3.9 inches high (not including the screw in base). This smaller dimensions lamp is ideal for use with light fixtures with a diffuser or lens, where the compartment for the lamps is small.

Lamp color is solemn in degrees Kelvin, and these are rated at 2700 degrees K. Color perception varies from person to myself, but these lamps are on the "warm" side, closer to incandescent light, and nicely suited for home use. The light output from a 13W CFL, is roughly twin to a 60W incandescent lamp, and unless used in tandem, are probably best suited for general use applications.

These outstanding lamps are manufactured in China. Rated life is 8000 hours (approximately 333 days), with an opening output of 825 lumens. Lamp life is based on performance under ideal conditions in a testing lab. Turning a lamp on and off, shortens its viability, and actual lamp life is almost always shorter than the rated life. Even assuming you get as little as 80% of the rated being, 87 cents per lamp is still a pretty good deal.

2010-08-15 | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

enormous price for these bulbs
The outlay for these bulbs is comparable, if not better, than just about any home improvement store's prices.

I needed to replace some hot aflame, incandescent bulbs in a light fixture in my dining room.

These burn much cooler and the softer light for a dining room is very operational.

I would not recommend these bulbs for reading with though.

2010-08-12 (the Carolinas) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

A Must Have for the 21st Century Old folks'
There is absolutely no other place to pick up an 8 pack of these for this price. They come from a name brand company and they are more beneficial for everyone. It not only lasts longer than incandescents but also costs less to light. The dimensions of them may be an issue for some if you are placing these in tight places, since they do stick out maybe a mm or two more than its incandescent equivalent. I would definitely tout picking these up and replacing all those money spending incandescents anyone has around their house.

2010-08-05 (New York, USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4

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Smoking CFL isn't really a fire hazard Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Q Can compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) spawn a fire hazard? We had one that smoked recently. The base was red hot. What is the potential danger?

A Although not common, there have been cases of CFLs smoking, emitting a upsetting odor, sometimes even flashing. That raises the worry, and rightly so, that the bulbs might be fire hazards. But experts say they are not. Indeed, they say those worrisome events manifest that fire is being avoided.

Basically, what is happening is that the circuitry in the bulb is failing. This can happen at the end of its useful life. At that yet, the arc contained in a fluorescent light sometimes elevates the temperature of the plastic near one end of the tube, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Means's Energy Star. It can produce limited smoke and odor. In some cases, a flashing arc internal to the fluorescent tube or ballast may enter someone's head. In extreme cases, a deformation, significant distortion or small breach of the plastic material may befall.

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Do all compact fluorescent light bulbs make that annoying humming sound when you turn them on?

Apr 30, 2007 by alwaysstagecrew87 | Posted in Other - Home & Garden

I straight replaced my burnt out light bulbs in my room with compact fluorescent ones & when ever they are on, they make a really annoying humming/buzzing din like the larger ones do. Are there any particular types or brands that don't or am I stuck with the sound.

the balasts or defective and you may be near other electrical.

ticketoride04 | Apr 30, 2007

the balasts or impaired and you may be near other electrical.
ticketoride04 | Apr 30, 2007

I have the GE label in all my lighting fixtures and have no sound at all. In my shed I have a 4 footer and the ballast makes the humming sound, not the bulb.
sensible_man | Apr 30, 2007

The BEST part is when you moulder them OFF .... it STOPS! And, not only that, you don't have any more of that gikky fluorescent lighting!
Scots Pines | Apr 30, 2007

Mainly not. If its new you exchange it or switch to a better brand.

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democracyisit | Apr 30, 2007

I use them all over my harshly and have never heard a sound from them. Maybe upgrade to a better brand?

Good for you for using something better for the world!
noonecanne | May 01, 2007

How can compact fluorescent light bulbs change the weather compared to incandescent?

Oct 29, 2008 by nanny | Posted in Physics

I necessity to know the difference in the weather when i use compact fluorescent rather than incandescent in numbers.

For same light ouput, an incandecent lamp requires around ten times power compared to a fluorescent lamp. Wasted energey escapes into tone as heat. This heat will increase average atmospheric temperature in course of hundreds of years. This will in putrefy melt polar ice.

If you reduce waste heat dischsrged into air for same useful work, in long an arrangement it will decelerate polar ice melting in centuries.

An old saying says: Small drops of water cope an ocean.

ernairnp | Oct 29, 2008

What do people think of "daylight" style compact fluorescent light bulbs?

Jan 12, 2007 by homeimprovementjay | Posted in Decorating & Remodeling

Light style light bulb have a color of 6500K. They are different, brighter, and I think I like them. However, sometimes I think they may attack me almost feel dizzy and give me a headache, and I can't tell if I really like them or if I like the idea of too much them. You can really tell a difference between traditional wave length bulbs and these. The ones I used were GE sunlight 75 (cool daylight color), though I think Sylvania and Philips make something similar. Thanks in speed for any replys. We are trying to decide whether to replace others in our house with these or take these back to the store.

Well, the amass wont take them back. Generally no one takes back light bulbs or batteries, at least they dont if the packaging has been opened.

I can understand your frustration with the lighting je sais quoi. I installed dimmable CFLs in my house, and although the color is sorta close when they are all the way on, the color is too pink when they are dimmed. If you truly want the right color, and I have bought these before, but they are pricey, look for LED bulbs. They cost 2 or 3 times more than CFLs, but they use even less dash, wheras a 100 watts of light equivalent in a CFL uses like 25 watts, LED bulbs consume as dwarf as 10 watts, give off less heat and their color is more accurate, at least I think so. But, dont bother looking for them at Lowes or Make clear Depot as you wont find them there. I've only been able to find them on the Internet from specialty sites.

Do a Google on "LED bulbs".

jeff the drunk | Jan 12, 2007

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs - News


The buzz on dimmable CFL light bulbs Seattle Times
- Mar 23, 2009
The signal on dimmable CFL light bulbsSeattle Times, United StatesYou can use regular compact fluorescent bulbs with dimmer switches, but doing so can lop off bulb life and nullify the bulb's warranty. Until the technology improves, the best way out may be an energy-saver incandescent light. Change your light bulbs A bright idea -- switching to CFL bulbs -- is fetching on Facts about CFL bulbs

Of Clean Tech and Thomas Edison New York Times
- Mar 24, 2009
Of Clean Tech and Thomas Edison New York Times New York TimesOf Purified Tech and Thomas EdisonNew York Times, United States and would require an completely new infrastructure — are not unlike the arguments against the electric car today, or even the resistance to those technologies designed to make restitution for the Edison light bulb itself, including compact fluorescent lamps.



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