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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:39 AM Original message |
Aren't CF Bulbs Supposed to Last 5 Years? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. They don't.... |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. My CF lightbulbs didn't last long, either. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. I'm not sure where you're getting your bulbs, but... |
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time_has_come (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Not my experience at all. Changed every one in the house three years ago... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've got 26 cfl's in the house alone |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. maybe I should get my wiring checked. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not so much the wiring checked as the voltage checked |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. ^ What Okie said |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'm also part of a rural co-operative |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You might do better to stick with incandescents for now |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. CF bulbs last much longer than incandescent bulbs in my experience. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Seconded. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. CFC bulbs work best base down in open fixtures. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thats my experience also with the daylight cfl |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Mine have been burning for three years now. |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Generally they do last years but there are a few issues |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. ^Good stuff. And note that "Lights for America" made a lot of crap |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Beg to differ on the dimmers. they work by chopping up the AC current. |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My bad |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. It depends on what kind of fixture you put them in. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. When I lived in the house, I put in all CFL's in 2000 or 2001, and when I moved out |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Couple of ideas |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 04:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Slightly OT ... |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. Dunno...but please dispose of them properly. |
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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. mine last longer. Make sure you don't buy any from China. They don't last. |
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zytime (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. same here |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-13-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
27. I switched in 2001 - 60% are still working |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
28. Can't explain your problem - but my personal experience with CFR bulbs is the opposite |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. CFL bulbs last longer for me. |
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