Has anyone tried these?

I have a few in my home--one is a 22 watt outdoor lamp post which runs dusk to dawn switched by a photocell.
I replaced this, along with several others on 3-14- 2002--and they still work!!
Another is on my lamp table in my living room. It has run 24 hours a day!

I have noticed though--for a multi light fixture-they are not as long lasting-for some reason if one goes-it will take another. Why is this? And why would a multi light fixture cause one to go in the first place? My 3 light ceiling fan, and a 3 light fixture in my master stairway both blew 2 of them, while a 2 light fixture, and all others are fine. Ideas?

Since they last so long, and consume so little energy, I am sold. I wouldlike to use them in the multi light fixtures though.

Yes, I use them in all fixtures w/o a dimmer switch.

Yes, I use them in all fixtures w/o a dimmer switch.

That the reason we didn't use them in our ceiling fans. Our fans didn't have a real on/off for the light.. it was just a dimmer that you tapped to turn on/off. Over time the light was being set lower and lower.. the floursants (sp?) need full power.. If they don't get full power they go fast.

We do use them in rooms where the lights stay on.. The laundry room has a 17 watt that has been on for almost 2 years.. And we had one on the back of the house.. it was a 27 watt (150 watt equivelent) that ran nonstop for 3 years.. when it fianlly died we noticed that we didn't need the light back there and replaced it with a regular light that is never really turned on.

There are a few other rooms in the house that have them.. They do seem to last quite a while but do take time to warm up. A couple of the the bedrooms have them in the ceiling fixture. Its more to get more light (lumens) and less heat than to save power.

~Mark

the ceiling fan and on dimmers are normal problems...it's also the amount of times they are turned on and off...in cali they are proposing to outlaw the sale of incandescent bulbs and only sell these type....they also have a bulb already for use on dimmers but people aren't sold on them yet and they are outragiously high...also, most of the bulbs you buy, if you read the package before you buy, some still say they are not intended to be inclosed, not to be on a 3 way switch, not to be used on a dimmer, and not used on a fan...the funny thing is, they make a flourescent flood for ceiling cans, about 15 bucks each, and they are spirals inclosed in a flood bulb and boy do they get warm...

do not use dimmers with these type of lights, they can cause fires!



but it's ok to put them in your microwave:p:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woBoHKLoJxI



EDIT...OH yeah..don't try this at home and stuff...blah blah blah

That was interesting. If you want to get a long lasting bulb, get the new LED replacements. WWW.CCrane.Com has a few different types to choose from. Here is a link: http://www.ccrane.com/lights/led-light-bulbs/index.aspx

Those LED lights are neat.. but they don't put out enough light. the 60 watt light bulbs Ai use in my ceiling fans put out 700+ Lumens.. Those LED lights were no where close ot that (at least at the link I looked at).

~Mark

The new Luxeon LEDS are very bright. They now have 5 watt LEDS. Put a few of them together in a cluster, and it will be just as strong as any other light on the market.

The brightest lights on the link above (in a standard base) is 200 lumens.. I like the idea, but I'd have to see a standard (or better yet, and candelabra base) in 800+ lumens before I would use them.

What doesn't make sense is that they say to replace a 60 watt light with their CC VID.. But there CCVid is only 60 lumens. The 60 watt light bulbs I just installed have over 700 lumens.

~Mark

LEDs still have a long way to go, I wouldn't buy one for a couple more years. I like them in flashlights, but that's about the biggest one I would get right now. And color temp has a lot to do with that as well. If women are complaining about the color of compact fluorescents there's no way they would accept the bluish color of todays "white" LEDs.