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CFL's & smoke
I've been reading some of the recent posts, on CFL's. Maybe I haven't read
enough of them, to find the same thing, which happened to mine. First, I'm really disappointed, they don't have the life span, as normal bulbs. My packages claim to have a life span, up to 7 years. That's probably the "got cha", the "up to". But, I've never had to replace my bulbs, as often as I do these. I've now replaced a grand total of 14, which failed prematurely. This is in a 5 month time span. These are/were the dimmable mini's, 75 watt, with a power factor of 0.90. They are listed as UL, and energy star, and claims to use only 15 watts. Something else about these things. I've now had 3 of them go out, which let out a puff of smoke. It's a foul smelling odor. Exactly what is being released? |
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