I have had very good success with a brooder lamp (see link below, or google it and you will see hundreds) with a "daylight" screw in CFL. Lowe's and Home Depot have the lamps for $6.00 - $10.00. There are 2 sizes so get the larger one, same price range. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: BROODER LAMP PHOTOS

According to the University of Missouri ( http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G6515 ) ⦠âÂÂPotted citrus plants prefer bright light for best growth and fruiting. You may keep them at medium light intensities during midwinter. The calamondin orange is the most popular potted citrus, although Meyer lemon and Ponderosa lemon are also satisfactory for home useâÂÂ. They define âÂÂmedium light intensitiesâ as being between 250 and 1000 foot-candles, saying that the best growth occurs above 750 foot-candles. Keeping the lights on for 16 to 18 hours a day is also suggested. I donâÂÂt know the size of your plants but IâÂÂd think that, to properly cover anything other than very small plants, youâÂÂd need more than one light. IâÂÂd also suggest a kelvin rating of 5000K or higher. A CFL bulb (with a clamp-on reflector) rated at 2600 lumens, kept about 10 inches from the plants, would result in the plants getting somewhere between about 1200 and 1600 foot-candles (depending on the size and reflectivity of the reflector) of light intensity. One such bulb can be seen by clicking the link below. Bulbs like this should be available at most local hardware or big box stores. How many youâÂÂd need would depend on the number of (and size of) your plants. Hope this helps, Art Here is a link that might be useful: Good Example This post was edited by art33 on Sat, Jan 18, 14 at 19:50

If you mean 3way cfl bulbs, whats the worry.. the lamp socket switches it same as a filament bulb. More or less One bulb on, or the other bulb on, or both on. If you mean 3way wall switches. Either its on, or its off. It doesnt know what turns it on, it just knows its got power or not. I think a regular bare bulb is pretty darn ugly. Same with twisty but its got something akin to a style.

Been trying to tell people this for a long time mote, but seems curious that people go Chicken Little on one thing and ignore a far more serious danger. And amazingly, people will recycle pop bottles and tuna cans, but won't recycle light bulbs. I truly wish I could understand this fear of change. Personally I think the life span of the CFL bulb useage as a whole will be short in the grand scheme of things, all things considered, as I believe the LEDs will be soon taking over with even better savings. However, people will still put crosses in their windows and sprinkle salt at their doors at that time too I imagine. Somewhere in the future there's going to be a lot of peoples' estates given the chore of disposing of all these hoarded light bulbs too I suspect! I will say that there are some differences in color temperature on bulbs and certain bulbs won't seem as bright as others. I find this true with streetlights when you compare sodium vapors with mercury vapors. (Oh heavens!!! MERCURY!!! Our towns are now hazardous waste sites as are many warehouses, even stores. What will we do?) The lamp next to my recliner had a 100w bulb and 2-60w bulbs. I'd use a 60 for general lighting and if company were here, all three would be on, and for reading the newspaper or something the idea was the 100w. It got to the point with incandescent, I needed the 100w with a 60 for comfortable reading. I switched to a 23w and two 13w CFLs. For reading now I only use the 23w (100w comparable) so in reality, during those times, I'm using 23 watts instead of 160. And there were times I'd burn the 3rd bulb so even to offset the occasional use of two at once, it's still clear about the savings. I can't understand how anyone would think a $5/mo variance in a $30 bill with rates and general useage would not be noticible! So it's no sense trying to discuss it. Question for you hersraterdave: If you had the same failure rate on a single particular brand of incandescent bulb, let's say a batch of Binford brand had similar failure, would you quit incandescents and start using candles? Or might you consider another brand or source? Or some other cause of the trouble? I'm just curious. :) Seriously though, although I'm not pleased with the dimming on the dimmable bulbs I put in the kitchen, I am pleased that I'm using 75watts instead of 225 watts and getting more light in the process. That's the result I wanted anyway. But to be fair, I wasn't pleased with the flickering of incandescent in the same fixture on the dimmers either. Given the energy use, I don't feel bad about leaving it on for a while since it's still cheaper than the incandescent. It remains to be seen how long these will last, but (knock China-made wood) so far, so good.