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Ed Pawlowski

"hr(bob) " wrote in message

I changed to CFL's in a few places in our shop and office that have lights
on 24/7. I've gotten well over two years on a couple of them. Others I'm
not sure about, but over 18 months.

That 7 years is based on some number of hours a day so I'd say I've come
close to it.

Avoid FEIT and LOA CFL's. Don't use CFL's in enclosed fixtures or
those whose use has the bulbs upside down. That tends to trap the
electronic ballast heat and shortenes their life by a factor of two or
three.

BOb Hofmann

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The ones I'm mentioned are three with base up, one base down. Has not been a
problem.