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To: Steve_Seattle
Why do I keep having to replace these new-style bulbs that claim to have a ten-year life span?

Read the fine print. That's only if you use them no more than 3 hours a day. Work from home (or retired) and use them 15 hours a day, and you are down to no more than 2 years. And the heat buildup may cause the electronics to fail even faster.

I have noticed that the cheap Chinese crap ones I buy at Home Depo last a lot longer than the cheap Chinese crap ones that come from Walmart. And I haven't had one burn through yet like a couple of toxic twisties did.

43 posted on 09/07/2019 5:53:26 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

“Work from home (or retired) and use them 15 hours a day, and you are down to no more than 2 years.”

Thats almost 10,000 hours! No incandescent would last that long. Plus you have saved over $200 in electricity costs!


88 posted on 09/07/2019 7:52:59 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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