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Dollhouse Miniature Scalloped Shade Ceiling Lamp

This 12 volt fixture will brighten up your space.  The bulb can be replaced with a  #2101 screw base candle flame bulb.   5/8″Dia. x 7/8″H

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Question by David B: Can you buy compact flourescent lights for ceiling can lighting.?
I have can ceiling lights with flood lights. Does anyone make compact flourescent flood lights for can lighting.

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Answer by SafetyDancer
There is really no such thing as a fluorescent flood light, although there are some that can send out a bright light, for sure. However, new configuration of fluorescent light fixtures are being created all the time and the price is coming way down, so I don’t suppose I should be too definitive about that.Use at least “75-watt equivalent” fluorescents, at least, or you will be disappointed.

I replaced all of my ceiling can incandescents, floods, and halogens with standard socket fluorescent and have been saving a ton of money over the last 10 years. I highly recommend it. You may have some problem finding compatible fluorescent with some non-standard socket types, but a good lamp store should stock them all.

One problem with fluorescent is that they cannot be used with dimmers or variable wattage light switches. I bought some that claimed to be compatible with dimmers and they lasted about a year before they burned out. The tiny ballasts used for screw-in fluorescent just can’t handle it. So, if your can lights are in some way controlled by a dimmer switch, don’t use fluorescent.

Another problem is that fluorescent light is different from incandescent light and halogen light. Some people think it is too “blue” and “cold”. My wife doesn’t like it. She also hates that the fixtures are “all squiggly”. When she learned how much money we were saving on energy bills, however, she became less critical

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