In article ,
Ian Stirling wrote:
All neon lights are unreliable, almost by design.

I've got roughly 5 in switches etc and never had a failure. Two - one in
the cooker hood, and one in the cooker switch are on all the time. So that
says to me they're longer lasting than even fluorescents.

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