11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
8:33 a.m.
On Friday 08 April 2011, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
--- On Fri, 4/8/11, Chuck Guzis <cclist at
sydex.com> wrote:
It's probably because you installed them upside down. Previous CFL
discussions on cctalk have mentioned this... they generally depend on
being upright, or possibly sideways, but definitely not upside down for
convective cooling of the electronics to work.
You're probably better off buying a bunch of $10 dual 4' fluorescent
"shop light" fixtures, than attempting to use CF bulbs in that
arrangement. Plus, they give off a lot more light than a 60-100W
incandescent bulb.
Pat
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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?
I've had to replace a lot of them too. Due to the fact that I usually
forget to turn the lights off in the basement (shop area has normal
flourescents, but the basement main lights are standard edison
base), I installed CFL's, thinking it would save a little
electricity. They haven't lasted very long - and as they've died
I've put the incandescents back in. What's troubling to me about
CFL's is that a couple of the failed ones have been burnt and
blackened around the base. One was melted badly. While I know the
risk of fire is low, it's still troubiling to see the electronics
fail so catastrophically. And these were GE branded bulbs (not like
GE actually makes, the things, but still).