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Had similar issues with CFLs, when those were A Thing. “Oh they last sooooo long! Don’t worry, they’re expensive but they’re actually cheaper than incandescent
by vundercind 2y ago
Had similar issues with CFLs, when those were A Thing. “Oh they last sooooo long! Don’t worry, they’re expensive but they’re actually cheaper than incandescent because they last so long and use so little power!”
Shitty light, and they consistently averaged a shorter lifespan than cheap incandescents across two houses. Nope. Done with that tech forever.
- cyberax 2y agoI still have CFLs in my bathroom. The plastic in the plug has faded from white to yellow. Yet they still work fine, although it takes them 3-5 seconds to get to full brightness.
- gowld 2y agoBut you get free mercury vapor when they shatter, which is priceless.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYep, same. I replace CFLs and now LEDs about as often as I used to replace incandescents. On the upside they put out less heat. On the downside they cost 10X or more what an incandescent did, making the payoff in electrical energy savings suspect at best, and the quality of the light is worse (subjective).
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