Thomas Edison…It was nice knowing you, but the days of the incandescent light bulb are numbered! Ok, so here’s my scenario. I’m definitely not your classic Al Gore save the spotted clam type. So when I tell my friends about this purchase, at first they don’t get it.

I often work out of a home office that is about 12 feet by 12 feet and is located in my basement. Due to that, it is a naturally cool area to work. We do have air conditioning that was piped in from the main system via a thermostatically controlled gate so during very long hot spells in the summer, it can be cooled from about 75 which is the norm in July down to my preferred 72.

However, in this office, I have an AMD 4400 based PC, a Core 2 Duo 3ghz Hackintosh (just using for learning purposes:), a Xerox Phaser Printer that melts wax as its mode of printing, a Core 2 Duo laptop, my wife’s AMD 3800 based PC, and 10 50watt PAR20 Halogen light bulbs to light the place up.

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