I have 4 cheapo circline fixtures in my house; 2 in the utility room and
one in each of 2 bedroom closets. They each have 2 circline bulbs, a 22
watt and a 32 watt, with an electronic ballast and a round plastic
cover. The bulbs are constantly burning out. They are only 5 years old
and already I've replace most of them, some twice. Plus they are pretty
expensive, comparatively. I think the problem is the closets, actually
one of the closets. It gets used many times per day, so it is on/off a
lot, although the 2 in the utility room are close behind. The 2nd closet
gets used very little, so that one has not been a problem. I looked for
LED circline replacements and right now, they are super expensive. Of
course, you have to replace the ballast with an electronic power supply.
Even though the fixtures are cheap, I like the simple look and would
like to maybe put in some LED bulbs. I've found double, quad and even
quint sockets ... no triples ... kinda like these on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lamp-parts-4...em2eceee 2f50
Mini candelabra base LED bulbs would be best for size, however, they
are more expensive than the regular full sized base. I've even thought
of taking an old circline bulb and wrapping it with LED tape and using a
12 volt power supply. I've already put LED tape lights in the kitchen,
under the upper cabinets and they look really nice. Any other ideas?