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<DIV>You say that you get less service life than you would expect from regular
incandescent lamps? Did you determine why this is the case?</DIV>
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<DIV>A good start would be to go into your lighting panel and tighten down all
the connections, with the power off of course. Tape up the screwdriver when
doing the main connections.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ko6th.greg@gmail.com
href="mailto:ko6th.greg@gmail.com">Greg Dolkas</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 30, 2011 10:22 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [aprssig] TAPR Dayton Solar Talk</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">No,
I think it's more a matter of brand/manufacturer. We've got the Computer /
Radio / Sewing room here, with two identical fan/lamp things on the
ceiling. Noisy buzzers from Home Depot (don't get me started!).
Regular incandescent lamps don't last. "Fan" or "Appliance" type lamps are
better, but still succumb to the vibration. We tried to replace the
Fan-type with some round globe-type CFLs, no-name from the local hardware store,
mostly to bring the heat down. They lasted less than the Fan ones
did. Replaced some of them with the "Curly Fries" type from GE, I think,
and they're still going strong.<BR><BR>So, it's not the position (all are
base-up), not the voltage (same circuit), not the ambient environment (same
room). What's left?<BR><BR>Greg KO6TH<BR><BR>p.s. Neither brand gave
me any problems with interference on HF...<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Stephen H. Smith <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:wa8lmf2@aol.com">wa8lmf2@aol.com</A>></SPAN>
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class=gmail_quote>On 5/30/2011 6:53 PM, Stephen H. Smith wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote><BR><BR>But then, I've had a couple blow in just a couple
of months in a benevolent indoor setting mounted
upright......<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>I have a sneaking suspicion that
the random failures reported may have to do with the semiconductor ballast in
the base being unable to tolerate massive voltage surges on the power line,
especially in areas that get lots of thunderstorm activity and lightning hits
on power lines.<BR><BR>It seems that most of the complaints in this thread are
from people living in areas that get "real weather". Here in
southern Cal, where Johnny Carson once quipped " I can't understand why TV
weatherman here are such celebrities. There is no weather in Los Angeles --
just differing degrees of air quality", we practically never get
thunderstorms and lightning. And I have practically
never have heard of early CFL failures around here
either.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>aprssig
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