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Originally Posted by John_W
I put 3 of those CFL's in my lampost in 2011 and one is still going strong. The other 2 CFL's finally burned out and were replaced by LED's and those 2 LED's have since needed replacing. The CFL's were great and one puts out as much light as 3 of the LED's.
I just found they are still available online at lightbulbs.com, a 60 watt that uses only 13 watts and is only $3.29 apiece.
TCP 12778 - Twist (Candelabra Screw Base) Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb |
You can, I know I have gone nuts over bulbs and lighting. Far as the compact Fluorescent bulbs, they were a dramatic improvement over the old tungsten bulbs that have changed little since about 1900. Also, the amount of light they put out drops by half before the bulb fails to light. Typical of all electronic stuff, LED bulbs that are superior have dropped dramatically in price. As to failures of LED bulbs in a year or so, I've changed most every bulb in my home to LED bulbs. Not a scientific study but my opinion is to buy only branded LED bulbs. The real cheap ones in plain unbranded boxes have a high failure rate. Published warranties for 5-10-20 years? The companies are not stupid.
Who keeps track of when you bought the bulb, saved the paperwork and the cost ofr you to send it back to china is more than you paid for the bulb