I am buying a batch of incandescents, as well. CFL's have been a continuing
problem. I should have written down the dates and saved the receipts. They
would have gone bankrupt replacing all of mine. All types of applications,
along
with reduced equivalent light flux.
My friendly local "lightning advisor" electrician advised me to shop
carefully at Lowe's
and the like. Incandescents rated at 130 VAC last way longer than"regular
issue"
120 VAC incandescents. That is absolutely true!
Warren; W7WY
In a message dated 1/16/2009 8:48:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
dhallam@rapidsys.com writes:
Peter Laws wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 07:17, David C. Hallam <dhallam@rapidsys.com>
wrote:
>
>> Do far my experience with CFL's has been very poor. I mark the date in
>> service on each one as I install it. 6 months is the longest one has
>> lasted with a couple a little as 2 weeks. Overall, I would rate them as
>
> I'm shocked at that. I mark mine, too. Some globe-type bulbs in the
> kitchen table fixture have started to go (2 of 5 so far) and I was
> extremely disappointed to see that they'd only been in service for a
> year.
>
> We replaced all incandescents in our Chicagoland house in 2000-2001
> and most of those were still in service when we moved in 2006.
> Notable exceptions were the two lamps in the outdoor fixtures. We
> also had some problems with CFLs in a seiling fan fixture which I
> attribute to the fact that the bulb sits at about a 45 deg angle
> instead of vertical (come to think of it, we've had the same issue
> with a ceiling fan fixture here, too.
>
> Except for special-needs fixtures (like the oven and some others),
> I'll never use incandescents again.
>
I don't remember the date when manufacturing of incandescents is
supposed to cease but based on my experience so far I may go out and buy
a life time supply of incandescents before it happens. That may not be
too many as I am 72.
David
KC2JD
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