In that case,we should all live in treehouses.
cuhulin

I once dreamed I built a new shed in my back yard.The way I did it was
to plant some trees in a four rows close together to serve as the
post/studs of my shed and somehow or other (in my dream) I attatched
plywood to the trees to serve as the walls.I dont remember what I did
for a roof.In my dream though,it turned out to be a neat looking shed.
cuhulin

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:30:42 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
wrote:



wrote in message
.. .
Even that's too much. CFs are crap. After some of the
advertised "long life" ones blew, I started writing the install and
fail dates on the white plastic bases. On average, they last anywhere
from a tenth to a quarter of the advertised number of hours. As soon
as the last of the most recent four-pack fails, I'll send the lot back
under the guarantee. I'd spend the refund on incandescents, but
they'll probably just send another pack of the same ****.

"We're sorry you weren't satisfied with your original
cornholing. Please bend over and we'll do it again for free."

The unfortunate truth is, those life estimates (though factual for what they
are) are based upon installing a lamp in a test jig, and leaving it to burn
until it burns out. The machine has a light sensor and timer and records the
amount of time the lamp burns.

In the real world, however, we turn our lights on and off, and every time we
turn them on, the current inrush significantly decreases the life expectancy
of the lamp. If we simply left them on, they'd last pretty much as long as
claimed. Look at some of those old incandescents that have been used in
inaccessible places without switches, some of which have lasted for decades.


There's 8700+ hours in a year. I leave mine on about 18 hours a day
(some of them) and they seem to last years.

BAD - The Claim Life Cycle Testing Standard
is Three (3) Hours a Day One-On and One-Off
Per 24 Hour Period in theory. This may be
accelerate by only letting the Bulb 'cool down'
for only One Hour and then repeating the Cycle.
This would then result in Six "Daily Use" Cycles
in One Day with a 6000 Hour MTBF Life Cycle
Test taking about 334 Days (Less then One Year).

David - OMG ! - I Agree with Jimmy Carter on something :o) ~ RHF
. . . . .

Cuhulin - It is "Reveal" vice 'Real'
[ But they do make things look real. ]

Yep,I know.It is GE Reveal lightbulbs,not GE Real lightbulbs.I did go
back and correct my great big mistake.They are real enough for me
anyway.
cuhulin

FO&A,

- - - Correction - - -

I once read somewhere many years ago that if a tv set is turned off,to
wait at least fifteen minutes before turnng the tv set back on.The
owners manual that came with my new Whirlpool window unit airconditioner
says if the unit is turned off,to wait three minutes before turning it
back on.
cuhulin