CFL Recycling and Disposal Why use an ENERGY STAR™ qualified compact fluorescent light bulb? CFLs use up to 75% less electricity CFLs last up to 10 times longer CFLs produce 75% less heat, reducing home cooling demands, resulting in higher energy savings. While ENERGY STAR™ qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs contain a small amount of mercury, their use creates a net reduction of mercury emissions to our environment, as compared to using incandescent lighting. Sincethey use less electricity than traditional incandescent bulbs, less power from coal-fired plants is required, resulting in reduced mercury emissions.Mercury is an element (Hg) found naturally in the environment, including the air, soil and water. It is found in many rocks including coal. When coal is burned, mercury is released into the environment. Coal-burning power plants are the largest human-caused source of mercury emissions to the air in the United States, accounting for over 40 percent of all domestic human-caused mercury emissions.

Mercury in the air eventually settles into water where it can transform into methyl mercury and build up in fish. The amount of mercury in a CFL bulb is less than 5 milligrams and is significantly smaller than a dime in size. Why is it important to recycle CFLs?Because mercury is a necessary component in all compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), including ENERGY STAR™ qualified light bulbs, the bulbs should be handled responsibly and be recycled. Information about recycling can be found at the following websites: Where can I recycle a CFL in Chicago?1. You can take used CFLs to thehousehold chemicals and computer recycling Facility located at 1150 N. North Branch.2. You can also take them to any home depot. to find a store near you. What to do if a CFL bulb or fluorescent tube light bulb breaks in your home: Have people and pets leave the room. Air out the room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment. Shut off the central forced air heating/air-conditioning (H&AC) system, if you have one.

Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb. Be thorough in collecting broken glass and visible powder. Place cleanup materials in a sealable container. Promptly place all bulb debris and cleanup materials outdoors in a trash container or protected area until materials can be disposed of properly. harga ac portable november 2012Avoid leaving any bulb fragments or cleanup materials indoors.gibson 3 ton ac unit For several hours, continue to air out the room where the bulb was broken and leave the H&AC system shut off.rv ac units coleman More information on the clean up guidance: http://www.epa.gov/cflcleanup More information on CFLs: www.epa.gov/cflFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 25, 2004Release #04-104 Firm's Hotline: (866) 857-8015

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Fedders Corporation, of Liberty Corner, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 13,500 window air conditioners with electric heat. If the outside fan blade becomes blocked when operating in the heating mode, this unit could present a fire hazard. Fedders has received 10 reports of fires with these units. There have been no reported injuries and no serious damage has resulted. The units included in the recall are 8,000 BTU window air conditioners with electric heat sold under the brand names and model numbers shown below. The model and serial number is located on the air conditioner cabinet near the bar code. The serial number of included units of the listed models begin with the following two letter code: Serial Number Begins With AR, AS, ER, HR, JP, KPAR, AS, ER FR, KR, KP, LR, MP, MRDR, ER, KP, KR, LP Major home centers and department stores, including The Home Depot and Wal-Mart, sold the units from January 2003 through February 2004 for about $400.

Consumers should turn off and unplug the unit and call Fedders toll-free at (866) 857-8015 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to arrange for a free, in-home repair. The repair will involve the installation of a heat shield on the unit by an authorized service technician. Updated Newer apartment buildings do have AC (generally) and all business buildings do. Unfortunately, it is very expensive to add AC when a building didn't have it before, especially if that older building didn't have ducted heating.And yes, Seattle has been a bit delusional about this. It really did used to be only a few days a year where AC would have been nice. Now it is weeks. And older residences are particularly hard hit by this. I've been here 22 years and the need for AC is clearly more noticeable today than it was when I moved here.Written Times are changing. I've been in WA for 12 years and, upon first moving here, the thought of having air-conditioning was unheard of. Nobody had it save for restaurants and movie theaters.

But this is changing as our summers get hotter and hotter.I live 30 miles or so east of Seattle, in King County. Still the "wet side" of the mountains. I work from home.My house didn't have air conditioning and I never thought it necessary until several days of 90-degree weather continued to bake my west-facing house. Out of curiosity, I put one of those weather stations in my home office (second floor, west facing) that reported both indoor and outdoor temperatures.I was under deadline and had my computer going all day, two monitors, video capture equipment, and an Xbox 360 devkit. At midnight, my 12'x12' room was 102 degrees F. I was sitting in a pair of boxer shorts, trying to work, and dripping sweat all over my desk, keyboard, and, well, I don't even want to think about the effects on my office chair.I ordered a Delonghi in-room portable air-conditioner the very next day. I only every turned it on a dozen times a year, but for $500 it was worth every penny. And all you need is a window that opens and an electrical plug.

My suggestion: Either move to a unit with a central air or, more simply and cheaper, get a small in-room air conditioner for your home office and move it into your bedroom as necessary.Written Upvoted by Sheri Fresonke Harper, Most people in Seattle don't believe they need air conditioning because they don't need it.  Seattle can have whole summers where the temperature rarely makes 80 degrees. Seattle can have years where there is barely any "summer-like" weather at all.  This past summer and a few of the most recent summers have been MUCH hotter than usual for this area.  That doesn't mean you don't need air conditioning in your upper floor apartment (I'm guessing you have windows that serve as a greenhouse) to be comfortable but those of us in little old houses built for their site that have some shade cover, and those in basement apartments, and the people in the houseboats aren't sweating that badly.  Some find it uncomfortable, or can view it as a brief enjoyable (or just not too unpleasant) break from being cold all fall, winter, and into the late spring.