I belong to a local Volunteer Fire Department and one of my jobs is building maintenance. We have outdoor lighting on each truck bay door and also lighting at every entrance door. The original bulbs cost $40.00 each and that did not include the light fixtures. They are on from dusk till dawn 365 day per year and we were having to replace them quite often. We decided to try the Daylight CFL #0345544 bulbs. All of the old lights turned on and off by a timer and because of the current they drew the timer actually operated a relay that actually powered the lights. Last year the relay quit working, and after finding out the cost of a new relay would cost $80.00 we decided to look for a more economic solution. I did a search for the brightest CFL light and that's when I found the Utilitech daylight CFL lights #0345544. These daylight bulbs are a very very white light compared to the standard CFL bulbs. As it turned out these bulbs really put out a lot of light and has really lit up our Fire station.
Also inside the Fire station truck bay we had 13 of the 8 foot florescent light fixtures and bulbs. These lights are on 24x7. We were constantly having to change bulbs and ballasts which were quite expensive. So we decided to take all of them down and replace them with porcelain light fixtures and also use the daylight CFL bulbs inside. Wow all of the Firemen were quite impressed with how much brighter it was in the truck bays. We are sure that our electrical utility bill has probably dropped quite a bit but I don't have access to that information.
Anyway I would strongly recommend these CFL bulbs if you are looking for a very bright CFL bulb and only uses only 24 Watts.I purchased these light bulbs because of the price. All items were received in a timely matter & all bulbs worked. thought i have run into a problem that some light fixtures the bulbs do not work in, i believe it is because of the shape of the plastic around the base of the bulb or the metal base of the bulb is not long enough to make proper connection. I have also purchased the same bulbs & sizing from energy smart & have had no problem.
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