On Mar 4, 3:13*am, Jeremy Nicoll - news posts
wrote:
wrote:
Only if they live up to their promised lifetime which IME they don't
get anywhere near, especially the very expensive high power ones you
need to replace a 100W incandescent.

And if a CFL fails early in its life my experience is that one really
resents having to pay so much to replace it.

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I mark mine with the date when I install it. I will be taking any
back that fail inside the advertised time. No failures yet.
I have no incandescent lamps at all.
I agree the "equivalency" is rubbish.