Do you know how many light bulbs are in your house?

[tfinch2]

I counted today, and I have 88 (inside and out)! I think if you take the time to count, it will surprise you how many their are. As for the different types, 8 are incandescent (I hate whoever thought that intermediate base was a good idea), 36 halogen, and 44 fluorescent (coverted about $100 dollars worth this weekend).

16 more bulbs are going to be converted to CFL in the next week or so. Had to order 8 intermediate to candelabra adapters, 8 candelabra bulbs, and 8 R30 halogen replacements. House will be incandescent free.

Also put up some new fixtures. We needed more light in the living room, so I got a $10 recessed can conversion kit and put up a track light. Also converted some of the recessed lights in the kitchen over the island to pendant.

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[Jeff7]

Kitchen: 5 (23W CFLs)
Closet: 1 (incandescent)
Sub-closet: 1 (incandescent)
Livingroom: 4 (23W CFL and 65-85W CFLs)
Bathroom: 5 (4 incandescent)
Entryway: 2 (tubes)
Room1 upstairs: 2 (1 incandescent, 1 23W CFL)
Room2 upstairs: 4 (23W CFLs)
Outside: 2 (halogen floodlights)

Refrigerator: 1
Oven: 1
Microwave: 1
Dryer: 1

Total: 30

 

[Pardus]

11

 

[Kreon]

10 100W Eqv CFLs
1 40W over the range incadescent
1 ??W refrigerator bulb
1 random traditional flourescent
1 60W Eqv CFL
1 Whatever my roommate's bedside light is

Total: 15

 

[SKORPI0]

11. That's all I need, most are 40w Natural White CFLs.

Bedroom - 2
Bedroom - 2
Family room - 2
Bathroom - 1
Kitchen - 2
Entryway/Storage- 1
Outside - 1

 

[paperfist]

Why are you switching to CFL when within the next year or so LED is going to stomp them?

A friend of mine found a conversion kit for his can lights from halogen to LED and I was stunned at the amount of light they gave off from 12' ceilings.

 

[guyver01]

Kitchen - 1
Living Room - 1
Den - 1
Master Bedroom - 5
Master Bathroom - 5
2nd Bedroom - 5
2nd Bathroom - 5
Hallway - 1

 

[DrPizza]

Hmmmm..
bedroom: 3 including closet
bedroom: 5
bedroom: 3
office: 3
bathroom: 4
dining room: 1
living room 2
kitchen 7
sunroom/laundry room 4
garage 8 currently
spotlights: 2 in driveway, 2 toward back yard, 2 toward barn, 2 toward front of house
porch: 3
barn: 16, spotlights on barn: 2
storage closets: 2
One of those extension cord lights to the attic of the garage: 1
basement: 10
Spare bulbs: about 20

Holy shit; that's 92, not counting the replacement bulbs. Oh wait, there are the 8 foot fluorescent bulbs in the left loft of the barn... that makes it an even 100.
Oh wait - I was rethinking the basement and changed the 12 to 10. I remembered that I took a fluorescent fixture out of the basement, but forgot to count it in the attic of the house (2 48" bulbs) So, 102, plus 20 spare bulbs.

 

[KaOTiK]

A little under 50 doing a rough count in my head quick.

 

[Baked]

Oh this is gonna be a bitch, let me see... Less than 30 I think.

 

[Aikouka]

Master Bedroom: 4 (Inc)
Master Bathroom: 5 (Inc)
Other Bedroom: 2 (CFL)
Other Bathroom: 5 (Inc)
Hallway: 3 (Inc)
Kitchen: 5 (Inc)
Dining Area: 4 (CFL)
Living Room: 4 (CFL)
Laundry Room: 1 (Inc)

I've replaced a few with CFL already, and I've got some of the domed CFL lights to put in the kitchen, but I either need to be naughty and stand on the counter or get a ladder. A small ladder might be nice given I can't reach the ones in my bedroom either! I also want to reduce the amount of bulbs in the bathroom. It's this ridiculous 5 light array above the sink, and I think I'm going to take it to two 60W replacement CFL bulbs.

 

[randomrogue]

32 and 8 blonds to screw them in.

 

[IGemini]

This is a really rough count, don't feel like counting these at night.

Flourescent: 30 (1 CFL, 29 flourescent tubes)
Incandescent: 30

 

[EagleKeeper]

Kitchen 3 + 5 appliances
Dining 3 - CFL
Living 3 CFL + 3 in Entertainment center
Upstairs Bath 3 - CFL
Spare Bedroom - 1 - CFL + 1 closet light
Main Bedroom - 3 - CFL + 1 closet light
Halls 4 - CFL
Downstairs Bedrooms (3 each CFL)
Downstairs bath - 2 CFL
Playroom 4 CFL (Floods)
Garage 1 CFL, 2 florescent , 2 CFL floods (outside), 1 garage opener
Outdoor Doors 3 CFL
Laundry 2 florescent

48 bulbs + Refrig/Freezer (3), Oven, Stove, Microwave, Chest Freezer

Spares (10+)

 

[EagleKeeper]

How many of you counters are taking into account the appliance bulbs?

Stove, Oven, Refrig, etc

 

[MotF Bane]

Not counting the ten feet of LED strip lighting, or the spare bulbs, I believe the total is 128.

What do I win? :awe:

 

[shortylickens]

40.

And yes, I do know without looking.

 

[cronos]

over 9000

 

[nageov3t]

living room: 2 (two lamps, no overhead light)
bedroom: 5 (three overhead, one lamp, one in the closet)
home office: 4 (overhead)
bathroom: 4 (two overhead, two above the medicine cabinet)
kitchen: 6 (three overhead, oven, fridge, microwave)

so, 21... that is indeed more than I thought :thumbsup:

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I have 13 (including appliances) in a 1,200 square foot apartment. I picked this place because the natural lighting is great and facilitated by a very open layout.

 

[dank69]

How many of you counters are taking into account the appliance bulbs?

Stove, Oven, Refrig, etc

Yeah, do strings of xmas lights count, too?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Yeah, do strings of xmas lights count, too?

The intent would seem to be from the OP; those that are permanent.

If Xmas lights are on year round, then count them:whiste:

 

[mugs]

I have about 80. I have CFLs wherever they are appropriate, and a few months ago I switched a bunch of incandescents to LED where CFL is not so great (e.g. ceiling fans, dimmers, and anywhere I want to have instant-on full light rather than crappy CFL warmup time).

3 months in the results are mixed.

1. I haven't found anything over 3.5 watts (25 watt equivalent) for my ceiling fans, and I really need a 40 watt equivalent. The light output is acceptable, but not ideal for reading. Considering it's 14 watts total vs 160 watts total, I'll take it. These bulbs were $15 apiece.

2. My dimmable flood lights in my kitchen flicker occasionally. I think I figured out that keeping the dimmer slider slightly below the max fixes this problem, and the light output difference is not noticeable. I'm using 5x14 = 70 watts to light the kitchen instead of 5x90 = 450 watts that the electrician put in or 5x65 = 325 that we had been using because I couldn't find the 90 watts anymore. These bulbs were $30 apiece.

3. Bulbs that are intended to replace a standard 60 watt lightbulb have been fantastic so far aside from the fact that they only throw light in a 180 degree arc. In every fixture I've put them in, this hasn't been a problem. I've mostly been using 40 watt equivalents and have been satisfied with the light output. These bulbs were $10 apiece ($15-20 for 60-watt equivalents).

It's a substantial expense to buy the bulbs, but they have some huge advantages over CFLs:
1. No warmup time
2. Better light color
3. *Actual* long life that isn't diminished by frequent on/off cycles.
4. Slightly more energy efficient than CFLs, hugely more energy efficient than incandescents.

 

[JulesMaximus]

About 80

 

[sourceninja]

38 Lightbulbs.