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Originally Posted by MN Renovator
I'm wondering one thing about the incandescent or 'heat balls'. I still use these in a few places where CFLs cannot be used or where I just don't use a bulb long enough to even get past the CFL 3 minute warm-up such as closets. Also places like directly over the bathroom sink where it would be a terrible idea to have a CFL. ...or they are outdoors where it can get to -20f in Minnesota and take 5 minutes to get decent light output but probably only about 80% of full standard output.
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It's only 30s to full brightness at a normal room temperature. But I still have incandescents in the closets, which I use for less than an hour a year. My solution for diminished light output in the garage would be to install more fluorescents if needed.
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What will we do in these cases?
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I use incandescents, but if they were outlawed, I'd use LEDs. They're not ideal for general purpose lighting, but for the specialty applications you named, they're great, albiet expensive to put one in each of your closets.
Btw, why not run a CFL in the bathroom? I haven't had an issue with mine yet.