[Boatanchors] OT CFLs

[J. Forster]

Tom,

I think you are wrong. The Chinese will make things to the quality spec
you are willing to pay for, and no higher.

Walmarts and Home Depot want the very cheapest they can get away with. As
weith American cars decades ago, US costomers will not generally pay more
for quyality.

YMMV,

John

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> Interesting data!  It makes sense that the higher power lamps fail more
> often = more heat. Same for inverted and horizontal mounting.
>
> Anecdotal info: I replaced the 40 w incandescants in my six driveway
> lights over three years ago and have had no failures.  They cycle on and
> off each evening and the incandescants only lasted a couple of months. I
> am not convinced of the safety of these Chinese CFL's, so I haven't used
> them in the house.
>
>>From the tales heard here on the group, I can safely conclude that
> engineering and QA are unknown processes at the factories in the PRC!
>
> Tom- W4OKW