I have had good experience with the fluorescent bulbs in my trouble light. I
can get some that are bright enough, and they have significantly outlasted their
incandescent predecessors. You guys must be really tossing your lights around
to kill them so fast.
"Timothy H. Collins" wrote:
> >I bought some fo those fluorescent replacement bulbs for the living room
> >lamps. I saved the receipts - good thing. After a year they began blinking
> >and wouldn't stop. I returned the bad one to W-mart and got a new one.
> >Then the next oldest one quit. Back to W-mart. They last no where near the
> >10 years claimed, but if you don't mind the aggravation of "exchanging"
> >them you never have to buy new bulbs. I finally gave up. Just remember to
> >save store receipts.
>
> Tim Collins
> Dollar Bay MI
> 1966 Sprite
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