Roman Shower Light

[alanmcdonald]

The light in our Roman shower takes almost 5 minutes to come up to full intensity.

Is this normal or is it something we need to address with TV Warranty?

Thanks!

[DeanFL]

Ours, same. Well one shower comes on right away (regular flood bulb), the master roman takes a couple minutes for full brightness. If you look close you'll see it's a CFL bulb (squiggly inside the flood bulb). really doesn't bother us but planned to bring it up to our Builder next week during our checklist runthrough. Actually sometimes I don't like it too bright in the shower - too much illumination on parts/padding I don't like...

[Pa & Giggi]

Our home is three years old and the light comes on right away. Of course the bulbs they are using today probably differ from those used when our home was build, which might explain why they take so long to fully brighten. By all means mention anything you feel is unusual to warranty.
Gisele

[CFrance]

Our home is two years old, and the light in the Roman shower comes on right away. It could be your cfl, though.

[Bizdoc]

Considering that the CFL bulbs contain mercury, I wouldn't want them in my shower... If they ever break, you will need to do a major cleaning efforts to be sure no mercury residue left on the floor. Probably worth changing the bulb, don't you think?

[CFrance]

Considering that the CFL bulbs contain mercury, I wouldn't want them in my shower... If they ever break, you will need to do a major cleaning efforts to be sure no mercury residue left on the floor. Probably worth changing the bulb, don't you think?
Agree.

[getdul981]

Considering that the CFL bulbs contain mercury, I wouldn't want them in my shower... If they ever break, you will need to do a major cleaning efforts to be sure no mercury residue left on the floor. Probably worth changing the bulb, don't you think?

Personally, I would be more concerned with the broken glass than the mercury.

[DeanFL]

Dean here again. Initially I thought our CFL in the shower was installed for safety by the builder/Elec. Runs cooler and less apt to burst if getting wet when on... but then again the Guest walk-in shower has the lamp/fan unit too and that bulb is regular flood. Hmm, so thanks for bringing up the topic - we will mention it to our Builder Wednesday during the new house checklist (2 mo old...).

Must say - I'm not thrilled with the shower light/fan unit combo in the ceilings. They are OK, but can imagine trying to change that bulb years from now after sucking all that humid air thru the bulb space - perhaps rusting the light base into the socket...just sayin'...

[Meddick]

We replaced the cfl lamp in our shower with an led. I like that it uses low power, should last for years and can get it in 5000k (daylight equivalent). This is our first house with 10 foot ceilings and, being 6'7", the first time I have had to use a ladder to change a lamp.

[DeanFL]

Had our Builder new-home checklist (house 2 mos old) this AM.
Asked him about the roman shower light. He said yes - it is per spec and code. They install a compact fluorescent flood bulb. I'd guess it runs cool and less apt to burst of water hits it. He said we can change it if wanted - I think we'll keep as is...