What causes the energy saving, coiled light bulbs to burn out before 6 months or a year?
Thought they were to last several years.
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There is no industry and/or government standards on those bulbs. If you place one in the bathroom the constant on and off will kill the bulb in months. Some bulbs won’t work in cold, wet temperatures. I worry about going blind — reds seem brown, white seems blue and the women look like they used cornstarch for makeup.
We live in the times of roll-your-own definitions. If the package says 25-year lifetime, that doesn’t mean the bulbs contained in the package have to do anything.
Low electrical resistance.
They’re tested by rotary them on for 3 hours, rotary them off, then rotary them on for 3 hours… etc.
When half the set they’re testing are kaput, they write that down as the lifetime on the back of the pack.
So half the bulbs will break before the lifetime, half will last longer. It could be any number of technical faults; the sparking logic degrades with use, so I’ve heard that is a common way they break.
I have the answer to your question – and your question is a GOOD one that can save a honest amount of money.
"Wash hands before installation." That message USED to be on the packaging for those set alight bulbs when they were first sold about 8-10 years ago "
Why?? – - > The reason is because every person’s skin has a minute amount of natural oils – even more if you have recently used hand lotion. As heat is generated by the bulb, the oil evaporates and concentrates into the heaviest oils and into a very small point, or droplet of gray oil. Even though there’s not much heat generated by the bulbs, that minuscule drop of gray oil gets very hot – or hot enough – to eventually start cracking the schooner (because the schooner around it is "comparatively" quite cool*. The crack, over time, grows and eventually the gas escapes or the schooner breaks. So, wash your hands before screwing in the set alight bulb.
That must answer your question – and tell all your friends. I do, if the topic comes up in conversation… And yes, they would last much longer except they don’t place the warning on the box I don’t know because the price has fallen SO much now, that they need to sell them – and one way is to remove the warning and let them break more straightforwardly! That’s "business-is-business" for you – the crooks! And who loses? Both you and the environment….another bulb in the enormous quantities of dissipate. http://www.chrisjordan.com/ Take a look at "Running the Numbers"…
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((*Fixed set alight bulbs, by the way, aren’t affected nearly as much by body oils, because the temperature difference between gray, concentrated body/skin oils and schooner temperature is not that noteworthy, and therefore no crack is formed. It has to do with the type of set alight/radiation and substance absorbing the radiation – incandescent set alight vs. "conservational" set alight as absorbed by schooner vs. body oil and the temp difference between the two.))
Sorry, that this answer is really long.
temperature is also the culprit. If air doesn’t circulate around them they burn out quicker. Some bulbs do not do well sideways either, they must be up or down.
If you are by these compact flourescent (CFL) bulbs in specialty set alight furniture such as dimmable lights, lights on timers or motion sensors, they will not last very long. Also extreme temperatures can effect the life of the bulb.
If the set alight fixture is a dimmable set alight or on a motion sensor or timer, you will need to buy a specialty CFL bulb.
These specialty bulbs cost more and if the set alight fixture is one you do not use much (less than 2 hours per day), you may want to use a fixed bulb.
Remember, CFL bulbs will save alot of energy. Start with the lights that you use more than 2 hours per day, such as the kitchen, living room, etc. Don’t worry about the closets or hall way lights that you only use for small periods.
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