[TheForge] OT: Government waste

[Andrew Vida]

On 3/21/2012 6:16 PM, xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
> On 3/21/2012 6:04 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>> LEDs are WAY different from florescent bulbs of which I am not that
>> fond.  We have a few in the house.  They are costly and have not lasted
>> anywhere near as long as claimed.  I've had them go in as little as two
>> or so months.  Driving 25 miles to return them is not worth the cost of
>> the fuel.  They can shove those where the sun shineth not.
> The flourescent lights usually fail because of the electronics.  They
> overheat when mounted in a can, or even when mounted upside down.   When
> mounted in a standard lamp they do well.   A good example of not enough
> test cases and minimum standards.
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Good to know, but it helps us not a whit.  I am NOT refitting an entire 
house for the sake of some idiotic law.