In . com, terry wrote:

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Nothing per that experience but I have one CFL Marked SE201 15W 120v
60Hz. on desk in front of me.

The reason it was removed from use is because the ceramic (or ceramic
looking) base separated and the lighted part with some components
attached came loose.

This btw is not one of the 'curly' types/ It has four straight tubes
(well actually two tubes looped) each tube is about 7/16 in diam.
about 4 inches long that project straight up from the base. Overall
it's a shade over 6 inches long from tip of the screw in base to far
end of the fluorescing tubes. So it's physically about as long as one
of those incandescent bulbs that are often mounted horizontally above
a picture frame. The ceramic base through which the tubes emerge has
also crumbled slightly.

I suspect it is what I call a "dollar store junker", especially if it
has an icy daylight color. I have had a couple come apart that way on me,
one of them doing so even right out of the package.

On other hand we have a plastic cased fluorescent hand inspection lamp
which seems to work well, its fully enclosed bulb flickers once or
twice and then comes on. Appears much safer in a garage or workshop
environment than an incandescent bulb with a hot filament inside a
glass bulb that could be broken.

While this was for its time of purchase a 'cheapie' at about $2 not
impressed with it. It does use less electrcity and it does not get hot
as does an incandescent. But this one definitely does not produce the
same amount of light as say a 60 to 75 watter, as claimed.

In my experience, dollar store junkers produce anywhere from moderately
less light than claimed to less than 1/3 claimed light output, with none
outshining a better 40 watt "standard incandescent" by much or at all;
most claiming 40-125 watts incandescent replacement in my experience
underperformed a better 40 watt incandescent.

- Don Klipstein )