On 4/11/2010 9:42 AM Roy spake thus:

What's with the 8000 hr. b.s.? I've had a number of them last only
about 500 hours and of course I had thrown the packaging away. Now, I
write the installation date on the sleeve and file it away. Of course
if you don't have the freakin receipt, you're up the creek as well.
Even some from the same lot have different life-times. The ones that
lasted the longest were in outside enclosed fixtures and were turned
on for eight to twelve hour durations all year long.

This seems to vary wildly by individual case.

I've got a bunch of CFLs, including some decidedly "old-school" ones (20
watters from Ikea, which were the cheapest ones at the time) that I've
been using since 2002 with no problems.


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The fashion in killing has an insouciant, flirty style this spring,
with the flaunting of well-defined muscle, wrapped in flags.

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