Quote:I'll have to check what brand I use, but I have CPLs that have lasted for about two years, with heavy use. Using incandescents in their place, they might last a year or less. So... yeah.;)Only had one pop on me, out of the original four in my basement.
Hrmm... Some no-name brand from down the street, at an electrical / plumbing supply company. ESB (Energy Saving Bulb), 75 Watt Equivalents, UB204 is the part number. 1200 Lumens @ 2700K. To be quite honest, the light spectrum is pretty damn close to incandescent. I haven't done a side-by-side comparison, but it's close enough for me not to notice otherwise. Also, they (like all CPLs) take about 15 minutes to truly warm up, but once they do boy do they ever shine bright.:)At 1/3rd the wattage usage of what we used to use (60 Watt), combined with the highly increased longevity, I'd say it was a worthy investment.;)I think they cost me less than 2 bucks apiece at the time.
The bulbs I bought from Costco are Coserv-Energy Fluorescents at 13W 120VAC 60Hz 210mA UL #E170906 if that means anything. My wife informed me last night that some of the bulbs have been in use for over a year now around the house. The ones that seem to go out bi-monthly are the front-porch light and a bedside lamp in the kids room (previously in the kids room, we had a halogen lamp with two "bedside" lamps attached to its side and the bulbs burnt out on that thing at least once a month, even with the Fluorescents, so we stopped using the two smaller lamps and stuck with just the halogen, until the kids broke it). That's why I'm speculating on the heat aspect ruining a Fluorescents life-cycle.
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