[Tig] bulbs for the home

[Tom Tcimpidis]

I live in Los Angeles too and just finished a major remodel and expansion of
our entire house.  The way that we got around the 50% title 24 fluorescent
requirement in the bathrooms was by discussing beforehand with the inspector
the fact that we categorically did not want them and would not use then
them.  I then asked nicely how we could meet the requirement and make him
happy otherwise...  We reached an acceptable compromise where we used a
single Ultra Low Noise Bloan ceiling fan/fluorescent light unit (the light
component of which we never planed to use anyway) and put an electronic
timer on the two main incandescent lights that shuts them off after a
maximum of thirty minutes.  Then all the above vanity lights, indirect
lights, and over sink lights could be incandescent with no timer
requirement.  Since I used Insteon controls throughout the house, the timer
was something that I planned to do anyway - as with the fan - so no big
deal.

Tom

> I just went thru a remodel in Los Angeles and was told by inspectors 
> that more than 50% of all lighting in a new or remodel bathroom or 
> kitchen must be fluorescent.