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That's interesting, thanks for the link. One thing I have noticed in my house is that incandescent bulbs last longer if their power is ramped up to turn them o
by DigitalJack 12y ago
That's interesting, thanks for the link.
One thing I have noticed in my house is that incandescent bulbs last longer if their power is ramped up to turn them on. We have this kind of switch in our main room and the bulbs have lasted longer than 8 years of more than 8 hours a day.
They are rarely on full bright so that could be it too.
- sliverstorm 12y agoSupposedly hot/cold cycles are bad for incandescent, so if you have dimmers and rarely actually switch the bulb off, that might be the source of improvement.
- tempestn 12y agoThere is also a current surge when the bulb is first turned on, which shortens the lifespan and is also often the final straw that eventually blows the filament.
- rtpg 12y agobest way to blow out a lightbulb used to be to flick the switches on and off many times really quickly . Used to accidentally do this as a kid while horsing around.