On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:51:09 -0500, mm
wrote:

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:45:09 -0600, "readandpostrosie"
wrote:

i bought a THREE WAY fluorescent bulb.................two of the three
levels are gone.
i bet i used the lamp once, for about five minutes.

Well, there are really only two levels plus the sum of the two. So
when one goes, that's always two.


That is true for 3-way incandescent. Are you sure it is for CFLs too?

But 5 minutes stinks.

bulb lights. Then the light slowly "creeps" down the spiral. Takes
about 5 minutes!

Anyone else experienced this?

Not me.
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