I gave up on CFLs for the garage. They don't do worth a flip for intermittent
service, especially in cold temperatures. My supposed 5,000 hour 300W
equivalent CFLs lasted less than 6 months in VERY limited usage. I recently
bought some 50W equivalent (39W usage) halogen "spot" lamps for the porch
lights. Lots brighter in "can" fixtures than straight 60W incandescents and
will most assuredly last longer. They really light up the driveway close in!
I may try some of those "expensive" LED lamps, but I stocked up on 130V rated
incandescents (still available as special/rough service) and they seem to last
years at 122-124V. They are truly efficient with regard to cost vs service
life. My results with CFLs has not been good with respect to life.
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* 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
* (Since 30 Nov 53) *
* k2gkk hotmail com *
* Oklahoma City, OK *
* USAF & FAA (Ret.) *
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> From: kgordon2006@frontier.com
> To: rfi@contesting.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:28:30 -0800
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Low RFI 60w CFL bulb
>
> On 23 Feb 2015 at 11:22, dalej wrote:
>
> > me when I can buy the CFL's so cheaply. One drawback I found with CFL's is
> > using them in the garage during cold wx, like zero degrees or lower they
> > don't
> > come up to full brilliance.
>
> Well, even those in our kitchen do not come up to full brilliance
> immediately,
> although they do within 15 minutes or so.
>
> And the one we have as our outside front porch light sometimes takes at
> least that long to come up to full brilliance, especially in the winter.
>
> But, so far at least, they have been very reliable and inexpensive.
>
> They also last much longer than even the "double-life" incandescents we had
> to replace regularly before we switched to CFLs.
>
> I have one LED bulb in the basement, just outside my hamshack, which has
> been left on for the past couple of months, mainly to check both reliability
> and RFI.
>
> There has been zero RFI from it, and so far, it seems to be reliable.
>
> Cost is too high at this point though.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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