How long do bulbs last? Tungsten, CFL, LED etc.
How long do bulbs last? Tungsten, CFL, LED etc.
Prompted after my vestibule light failed, the bulb had a glass cover, so I had not realised it had a tungsten bulb in it, a BA22d the latter quartz inside a glass envelope, and been in this house 5 years, it did get a fair bit of use, so surprised it lasted so long.
Years ago we had fluorescent in the kitchen, they would last around 5 years plus, oddly the LED used to replace it was rather short lived, and a lot more expensive, and lower light output. Also a 18 watt fluorescent HF lamp on...
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How long do bulbs last? Tungsten, CFL, LED etc.
Prompted after my vestibule light failed, the bulb had a glass cover, so I had not realised it had a tungsten bulb in it, a BA22d the latter quartz inside a glass envelope, and been in this house 5 years, it did get a fair bit of use, so surprised it lasted so long.
Years ago we had fluorescent in the kitchen, they would last around 5 years plus, oddly the LED used to replace it was rather short lived, and a lot more expensive, and lower light output. Also a 18 watt fluorescent HF lamp on...
Read more
by ericmark
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum