OT: Incandescent lamps get a reprieve, possiblly

On 8 Apr 2011 at 8:47, Dave McGuire wrote: So why aren't CFLs being made in SC? Would we even be talking about banning incandescents if they weren't made by slave labor in China? I don't much like them myself--their reliability is overstated. In a corner of the kitchen, I've got 4 R30 recessed fixtures, divided 2 incandescent (near the pantry so I can tell a can of tomatoes from a can of pork and beans (CFLs take awhile to come up to full brightness) and 2 CFL (less critical to cuisine). The two incandescents are still working fine after 10 years; the CFLs (name brand, GE and Westinghouse) have been replaced several times. Most CFLs are garbage and hugely wasteful. I used to scavenge the components from the bases, but gave up after I accumulated a pile of the things (funny, they were supposed to last longer than that). Why on earth aren't they made with replaceable fluorescent tubes like the old days? Most CFLs are designed to be operated in a base-down position (heat issues), yet the number of actual applications in the average home where that situation presents itself is probably much less common than the base-up situation. Being forced into buying garbage just rubs me the wrong way. Show me a manufacturer who will *guarantee* (not pro-rated either) 5000 hours of trouble-free illumination from a CFL and I'll bite. --Chuck