I'm not happy at all with compact fluorescent light bulbs. Honestly, they don't last for me, any longer than a regular light bulb.

I have some round ones in my bathroom over the medicine chest. I just replaced one last week, another burned out yesterday...the first one I used as a replacement was defective, because it was also burned out after a couple of days. So...the economy pack I bought didn't pay off at all!

Let's see....incandescent..../....fluorescent......

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As advertised fluorescents use about � of power to produce the same amount of light as an incandescent.
Depending on the fluorescent material use the color of the light is different from an incandescent, some find this annoying. I prefer the daylight ones. And of course the life expectancy should way exceed that of an incandescent. But that will only happen if they use quality parts in its construction. But they want to keep the cost as low as possible so they use low cost parts. And these parts are more susceptible to the heat generated by the lamp and thus have a higher failure rate. Naturally some brands are more susceptible to this the others.

I found that if I burned these lamps in a standard table lamp (base down) they gave good service. However when I used them in a ceiling lamp, with the base up, they lasted 2 maybe 3 months. The heat rising from the lamp �cooked� the electronics in the base.

Solution keep heat away from base by making a reflector/shield that mounts between lamp and its base. This also reflects more of the light downward.


An alternative method would be to take some aluminum foil and fold it up to accomplish the same thing. Not as fancy but works good for a trouble light.

VERY interesting Mad Scientest, thank you! This may very well be the problem in my bath, as there are 5 bulbs next to each other in a row, and the position of the bulbs are horizontal.

The dark side of CFL lamps.

https://www.holistichelp.net/blog/com...ngers-of-cfls/

I've had NO problem with the CFL's not lasting but did drop a used one while replacing it one time - in
my bathroom sink. I used wet paper towels to clean it up. My bathroom has no window so no ventilation.
I put it all in an empty coffee can before throwing it away.

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What you did not call the local officials and have them send out a hazmat team to clean it up.
I read shortly after the little fluorescents were introduced a woman did just that. The team in full protection gear came in and carefully cleaned up the broken lamp. She was then presented with a $3000 bill.



Oh one other thing I forgot to mention before is that florescent do not like to be turned on and off frequently, as this greatly shortens their life. They prefer to be turned on and left on for extended periods of time.
Thus typically they should not be used in a closet or bathroom.