Got some CFL bulbs for my garage

Kinja'd!!! "Big Bubba Ray" (eganward01)
11/07/2014 at 22:00 • Filed to: None

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This is the first time I've ever bought some. I was at Ace Hardware with my dad earlier, remembered I needed new bulbs for the garage and sprung for them. Had $10 in Ace Rewards so ended up only paying $3 for them.

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I put them in before it got dark and was relatively unimpressed. 100 watts and they werent any brighter than the old school bulbs they replaced. Night time rolled around and they're a ton better. They emit a really clean white light and do a great job of illuminating the garage.

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Most the work I do on my cars is during the night so these are going to be a big help!

My hippie friend Sam thanked me for "going green" with these new bulbs. Seriously. I guess you can call me Captain Planet now.

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Yes. Yes it is.


DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! Brickman > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 22:03

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Then get LED bulbs and you will be Super Captain Planet :)


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 22:04

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Just don't put LED bulbs out there. We put some in our garage opener and it would somehow interfere with the signal from the remotes to the opener. Damn garage wouldn't open.

Also, clean that poor Audi!


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 22:09

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Living in central florida has imparted a different meaning to CFL to me. Every time someone tells me 'Hey I just brought some CFL bulbs', I'm left thinking, "Damn, what the hell is so good about bulbs made in central florida? It's a marketing thing, right? Like bottled water from the alps? Wait...ooooooooohhh. I'm a dumb-dumb."


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/07/2014 at 22:09

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I know nothing about LED bulbs and they were hella expensive so i had to pass.

And fuck that Audi haha its been sitting for 4 years with a blown transmission and my dad never could get the funds together to fix it. God only knows how long it will continue to sit haha


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > Brickman
11/07/2014 at 22:09

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Too expensive!!


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > PS9
11/07/2014 at 22:11

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Obligatory.


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 22:12

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They're ridiculously expensive, but last forever.

Eh, time for Craigslist or the crusher then.


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 22:21

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I'm supposed to stick up for florida here...but the mass transit system makes me spend 7 hours traveling ~60 miles...YEAH THAT'S RIGHT IT TAKES SIX 30,000 lb VEHICLES TO ACCELERATE ME TO AN AVERAGE OF 9 MPH FUCK I COULD BIKE FASTER THAN THAT...In fact...

* Checks google maps*

...Yep. I would save an hour each way on the round trip if I just manned up and biked the distance. Yeah. ...Yep.

Fuck you, florida.


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/07/2014 at 22:23

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Im trying to talk him into the crusher or a Lemons/Chump team. I even know a chump team that would take it from him!

He loves it too much to let it go. It was the first really nice car he ever bought and he adored it when it ran. My dad is in real estate and when the economy went to shit so did his car and he couldnt afford to fix it after that unfortunately.


Kinja'd!!! Big Bubba Ray > PS9
11/07/2014 at 22:30

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Holy shit what a joke! Get a bike man. Your legs would be the size of tree trunks after a few weeks biking haha


Kinja'd!!! Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 23:12

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they suck dick in the cold.

when it is under 32 degrees, they are extremely dark when you turn them on, and you have to wait at least 3 or 4 minutes before they are totally warmed up, I want to put halogen incandesant back in when these CFL's burn out.


Kinja'd!!! Frank Grimes > Big Bubba Ray
11/07/2014 at 23:13

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I got these Big Ass LED light fixtures. cuz Im baller as cuss.

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just kiddn im a loser.