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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363970)	12/21/2007 1:16:33 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576360

I'd sure like to know what causes some to break so soon and what I can do to reduce the chance of that happening. Here's a very good article that addresses that question.. backwoodshome.com

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363970)	12/21/2007 1:34:38 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1576360

Buy the ones that look like light bulbs. They have an outside "bulb" shell that protects the squiggly inside part. Also, if you buy them from Home Depot and take two bad ones back (with packaging), you get store credit for two new ones - no receipt needed.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (363970)	12/22/2007 4:29:44 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576360

JF, > They are more delicate than incandescent. Sure seems that way. I'd sure like to know what causes some to break so soon and what I can do to reduce the chance of that happening. The city of Seattle has handed out CF bulbs for years and I have never had one burn out. The ones they use are called Greenlite....they are made in China but are distributed by a company in Irvine called Greenlite Lighting Corp. You might want to try their bulbs. Its really popular now to criticize Chinese manu. but I suspect like with other countries, some Chinese companies produce higher quality goods than others. We just don't know their brands as well as we do the brands of those other countries as well as our own.