Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
by Johnny555 on Monday March 05, 2018 @09:43PM
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I think a lot of CFL lifetime depends on the quality of your electricity. In my last place, I had some that lasted 8 years including some high-usage lights like in the livingroom that saw at least 3 - 5 hours of daily use.
Though I always purchased name-brand bulbs, never the cheap generic brands.
I left them all behind when I moved so those are the longest lived ones I have experience with, in my new house, I have mostly LED's with a few CFL's and they're up to around 5 years old... I like the light from LED's better or I'd have more CFL's around.
Failures have been rare, but I have pretty clean power, few power outages and practically no thunderstorms in the area.
Re:The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy
by jdmichal on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @05:46PM
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Interestingly enough, in one apartment I had a particular fixture that would burn out incandescent bulbs extremely quickly. I put in a CFL and never had to replace it again. No idea what was going on there.
Though I always purchased name-brand bulbs, never the cheap generic brands.
I left them all behind when I moved so those are the longest lived ones I have experience with, in my new house, I have mostly LED's with a few CFL's and they're up to around 5 years old... I like the light from LED's better or I'd have more CFL's around.
Failures have been rare, but I have pretty clean power, few power outages and practically no thunderstorms in the area.