I WILL RUN CFL'S WHEN THE PRY THE LAST INCANDESCENT FROM MY DYING FINGERS!!!!	
I installed CFL's when they first came out a few years ago, out of 10 bulbs I installed 8 caught fire, one ballast exploded and one quit after about 4 months.   I will never install CFL's I will go to coal-oil fired lanterns first.  

pat

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Subject: [TN] what is the reliability of CFLs and LEDs as incandescent light bulb replacements?

A very interesting discussion about what's inside these new devices.  Have any of you torn one of them apart to see how well they are made?  You'll be amazed at the poor quality of the components in a lamp that's supposed to have a 10 year life.

-Bob Landman

IFTLE 98 Lester the Lightbulb vs CFL and LED : the Saga Continues By Dr Phil Garrou

In IFTLE 63 [ see IFTLE 63, "Bidding Adieu to Lester Lightbulb http://www.electroiq.com/blogs/insights_from_leading_edge/2011/08/iftle-63-bidding-adieu-to-lester-lightbulb.html] back in Aug 2011 IFTLE attempted to make the case that our little 25 cent friend Lester the incandescent bulb had gotten a bump rap as he awaited extinction on death row. 

It's not that the claims of the newer technologies (CFL and LED) using less power than incandescent bulbs are invalid, but rather what appears to be the  bold faced lie that their much greater cost is compensated by their decades long lifetimes that upsets all Lester supporters.

http://www.electroiq.com/blogs/insights_from_leading_edge/2012/04/iftle-98-lester-the-lightbulb-vs-cfl-and-led-the-saga-continues.html

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