8 Apr
2011
8 Apr
'11
11:59 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Incandescent lamps get a reprieve, possiblly
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I was in Kmart the other day (hate that store) and they had some 100W
equivalent bulbs in the check out line so I looked at them and I could swear
they calculated those savings using 10,000 hour bulb life. The few CFL bulbs
I have puchased lasted a couple times the life of a good regular bulb
(crappy bulbs last a few months), nowhere near the time period they are
supposed to last.
Show me
a manufacturer who will *guarantee* (not pro-rated either) 5000 hours of
trouble-free illumination from a CFL and I'll bite.
... and that they're not lying about the "equivalent wattage" ratings, and
that the illumination that it gives is of a reasonable quality rather than
having a sickly color-cast to it.
cheers
Jules