compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
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Does anyone have some good data on compact fluorescent light bulb reliability? I keep seeing claims that they last 5-15 times as long, however I seem to change just as many bulbs as before I started using them. In fact, I have at least one fixture where I changed out one of the two bulbs to a fluorescent, and it burned out before the incandescent.






RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Now that I've been using the 4-for-a-dollar ones none have failed... Go figure.
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Does the lamp simply not start, in which case the electronic control gear has failed.
Do the lighting tubes have black spots, if yes then public electricity is of a bad quality.
Consider changing suppliers, go for the famous one (such as GE, Osram/Syvania, etc..) becuase these have a quality insurance policy implemented.
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Incandescents don't reach their rated life when they're enclosed, and especially when they're mounted 'base up', e.g. hanging from the ceiling.
Okay, I can understand that, what with heating the socket and all.
For me, CFs last longer than incandescents, but nowhere near their alleged design lifetime, and I find no correlation to brand, orientation, or enclosure.
YMMV.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
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If we learn from our mistakes I'm getting a great education!
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
What I did find were a lot of negative comments about them on the One Billion Bulbs http
In contrast, I bought a pair of Philips SL-18/27 http://w
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability
RE: compact fluorescent light bulb reliability