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Re: [RFI] How cost effective -- and safe -- are CFL bulbs anyway?

To: "'Alan NV8A'" <nv8a@att.net>, "'Rfi'" <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RFI] How cost effective -- and safe -- are CFL bulbs anyway?
From: "Larry Burke" <wi5a@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:06:53 -0500
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Thanks for passing this along, Alan. Good info in the link. I got a big
chuckle when it arrived, as I had just come inside from replacing two CFCs
in recessed cans on our patio. They had only been in service since July. 

These things have a very high infant mortality rate -- particularly the
higher wattage (120 W replacement) outdoor types. I have popped 3-4 of them
(out of about 15) just turning them on the first time. Until today, I had
not had a problem with anything other than infant mortality. But it's
beginning to look like they won't last anywhere close to 7 years even if
they pass the first power-up.

If we are going to outlaw the incandescent bulb, as some jurisdictions have
suggested, the manufacturers better do something quickly about CFC
reliability. 

On the plus side -- since this is an RFI forum -- I have not noted any noise
from them so far on the bands I frequent (160 - 40 m).


- Larry Wi5A
 

-----Original Message-----
From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Alan NV8A
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:30 AM
To: Rfi
Subject: [RFI] How cost effective -- and safe -- are CFL bulbs anyway?

See the following sampling of user and installer reports:

http://www.mikeholt.com/newsletters.php?action=display&letterID=464

Note the warning against using them base-up.

To add my own 2 cents' worth: We replaced as many as possible (those not on
dimmers) of the incandescent bulbs in this house by CFLs when we moved in
just under 4 years ago. Most of them have had to be replaced already.

73

Alan NV8A
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