On Jan 21, 8:43*am, "Tim Williams" wrote:
Besides the electrolytic and bulb, the starter cap is very failure-prone.

FWIW, of the modest pile of CFLs I autopsied from my own house, 100%
of the failures were from failed heaters.

This may be atypical. I get good service from CFLs running them
without enclosures; the enclosed, base-up fail modes may be different.

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Cheers,
James Arthur