| Smells are difficult to troubleshoot, even when I am there , as smells are a popular cause for service calls. Seems you realize about the new lamps, and CF lamps do get hot and are plastic encased, and warm plastic, while not harmful, has an odor, along with adhesives holding the glass in.
A Compact Flourescent lamp is a busy component, with the glass, phosphor, adhesives, plastic, electronic parts,transformers, etc
The odors usually wear off after use.
Best I can offer is to change back to regular light bulbs and see if the odor leaves, but do your best to keep the CF lamps in the house, they really help with keeping energy costs down, and offer much better lighting.
Just a bit of info, to light a home, usually feels better with "warm" light, so be sure to use only 2700 or 3500 Deg Kelvin color lamps. These immitate the warm "color" of incandescent lamps with more light output. |