Today I went to Boulder Light Bulb looking for a replacement for the track lights in the lower level family room. Since we moved in in August, already three of the five 50W MR16 light bulbs have burned out. When we moved in the track lighting was using 5 x 50w or 250 watts, and that's a lot. I was psyched to find a compact fluorescent replacement that uses 5W: EcoBulb MR16 from FEIT Electric. That was, until I plugged it in. Oh man, this is ridiculous. Even after five or ten minutes, it produces only the slightest glow in the ceiling in a dull circle. Compare that to the original halogen light with a sprakly, bright, wide circle with the pink additional effects. Even a greenie nut like myself can't say yes to this one....I gotta keep looking.
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If you're looking for 12volt MR16 CFL, try the 9Watt type. www.energysave.ie. Very similar to 40Watt halogen, but they are longer.
Great blog.
A comment on the FEIT MR16 Halogen replacements. At 5Watts, I feel their packaging is HIGHLY deceptive, a 5W fluorescent is NOT a replacement for a 50Watt halogen. Further, where halogens being such high power are great for indirect lighting, a 5W CCF's is not suitable really. So figure each 5W CCF MR16 as about a 20W equivalent. Use twice as many lights, and since they are very "flood" (there's no reflector) point for direct illumination. Mine work fine. I replace 5 halogens with 11 CCFs and it's not quite as bright, but 55W is a lot less than 250W.
One downside of CFLs is they are not a point source of light. LEDs show promise as halogen replacements (and they're dimmable, too), but the brightest available today aren't bright enough to replace a 50w halogen. You'll probably have to wait 1-2 years for this.
Here's the brightest currently available.
http://www.ledwholesalers.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=182
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