williamlayton
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Electric lights. What will they think of next ?
Kerosene is still findable.
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Kerosene is still findable.
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Replacement 4 Incandesent
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I am NOT getting the life span out of CFLs nor of my first LED.
I have purchased mostly CFL's and they do not last more than 2 years for me.
My first LED light a 60w FEi bulb lasted 13 months and started to act like a strobe light.
I am NOT getting anywhere near the lifespan advertised. I returned a few for replacement, but I don't keep the receipts up to now so it is a financial loss.
I am actually considering running incandescents and halogens in the winter months to throw off heat, especially in the bathrooms and replacing them in the spring with CFLs.
I have purchased mostly CFL's and they do not last more than 2 years for me.
My first LED light a 60w FEi bulb lasted 13 months and started to act like a strobe light.
I am NOT getting anywhere near the lifespan advertised. I returned a few for replacement, but I don't keep the receipts up to now so it is a financial loss.
I am actually considering running incandescents and halogens in the winter months to throw off heat, especially in the bathrooms and replacing them in the spring with CFLs.
Ben_hutcherson
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I have a Plume & Atwood center-draft lamp that stays out on our enclosed back porch. Lately at least, I've been burning it every evening. I'm constantly amazed at how much light it throws off-adjusted correctly, it's about about as bright as a 60 watt incandescent. It also puts out enough heat to take the chill out of the fall evening air.
The brightness comes at a cost, though, and it can really tear through kerosene. I also need to invest in a new wick for it, as the current one(probably 50+ years old) is getting short enough that I have to constantly adjust the flame height when the fount gets down to about half full. There's a guy on the internet who sells center draft wicks, but they're about $10 each.
We built a garage five years ago...it is not heated and has 10 CFL bulbs which all are still doing fine.
But the mystery, we put two outside as decorative security. They have been on 24/7 for the past 30 months. I keep wondering when they will go.
Caveat, you get what you pay for...buy them at Lowes or HD and your get their quality...buy at a lighting supply store...the quality is better.
But the mystery, we put two outside as decorative security. They have been on 24/7 for the past 30 months. I keep wondering when they will go.
Caveat, you get what you pay for...buy them at Lowes or HD and your get their quality...buy at a lighting supply store...the quality is better.
Maddog 521
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I am still using the incandescent bulbs. When I stocked up on them I purposely bought 130 volt bulbs. They last so long that I usually don't remember when I replaced them. Unless I wrote the date down somewhere. Are the newer bulbs rated at 130 volts?
goldenlight
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I just bought an 8 pack of 13 watt HONEST 60 watt incandescent replacement compact fluorescent lamps; 825 lumens, for $1.62. Yes. EIGHT CFL's for $1.62. Twenty cents each, plus tax.
LED lamps are superior, I will readily admit it. But, the cheapest I've seen an HONEST 60 bulb LED replacement has been $8. Let's see: twenty CENTS. Eight DOLLARS. That's 40 times more expensive, for the LED lamps.
I'm going to be using CFL's for a LONG time. And incandescent bulbs outside, when it gets cold. I just can't pay EIGHT DOLLARS for a single LED bulb. Perhaps they will come down to 4 dollars, in 5 or 10 years. I will use ALL of my CFL's, before buying ANY LED lamps. Because they cost 20 CENTS.
For indoor use, the ONLY thing I don't like about CFL's is that you don't get full output right away. But, I've been using CFL's indoors for about 15 years. I'm used to it.
I write the date on CFL bulbs when I install them. I am getting 3 to 8 years from them, though I have 3 that are 15+ years old, from the very first ones I bought 15 years ago. I've had a few fail in a short time. Chinese manufacturing. The MOST I've paid for a CFL in the last 4 or 5 years is $1. The number that fail is very small. I can live with it. I can replace them for 20 CENTS.
ETA: I got the CFL's at Sam's Club.
LED lamps are superior, I will readily admit it. But, the cheapest I've seen an HONEST 60 bulb LED replacement has been $8. Let's see: twenty CENTS. Eight DOLLARS. That's 40 times more expensive, for the LED lamps.
I'm going to be using CFL's for a LONG time. And incandescent bulbs outside, when it gets cold. I just can't pay EIGHT DOLLARS for a single LED bulb. Perhaps they will come down to 4 dollars, in 5 or 10 years. I will use ALL of my CFL's, before buying ANY LED lamps. Because they cost 20 CENTS.
For indoor use, the ONLY thing I don't like about CFL's is that you don't get full output right away. But, I've been using CFL's indoors for about 15 years. I'm used to it.
I write the date on CFL bulbs when I install them. I am getting 3 to 8 years from them, though I have 3 that are 15+ years old, from the very first ones I bought 15 years ago. I've had a few fail in a short time. Chinese manufacturing. The MOST I've paid for a CFL in the last 4 or 5 years is $1. The number that fail is very small. I can live with it. I can replace them for 20 CENTS.
ETA: I got the CFL's at Sam's Club.
gregintenn
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As mine burn out, I replace them with more incandescent bulbs. Hey, I've gotta do something with this attic full of lightbulbs!
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