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Re: compact fluorescent bulbs...extremely slow readandpostrosie 02-26-2007
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Posted by readandpostrosie on February 26, 2007, 2:45 pm


i bought a THREE WAY fluorescent bulb.................two of the three
levels are gone.
i bet i used the lamp once, for about five minutes.





>I bought some compact fluorescent flood bulbs to replace the recessed
> bulbs in my kitchen as they burn out. So far I've got 2 installed.
>
> Both of them have this problem. About half the time they work fine.
> They have the normal delay that compact fluorescent's have, but that's
> fine. The other half of the time, only the very upper part of the
> bulb lights. Then the light slowly "creeps" down the spiral. Takes
> about 5 minutes!
>
> Anyone else experienced this?



Posted by mm on February 26, 2007, 5:51 pm


On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:45:09 -0600, "readandpostrosie"

>i bought a THREE WAY fluorescent bulb.................two of the three
>levels are gone.
>i bet i used the lamp once, for about five minutes.

Well, there are really only two levels plus the sum of the two. So
when one goes, that's always two.

But 5 minutes stinks.
>
>> bulb lights. Then the light slowly "creeps" down the spiral. Takes
>> about 5 minutes!
>>
>> Anyone else experienced this?

Not me.


Posted by Mark Lloyd on February 26, 2007, 6:09 pm


wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:45:09 -0600, "readandpostrosie"
>
>>i bought a THREE WAY fluorescent bulb.................two of the three
>>levels are gone.
>>i bet i used the lamp once, for about five minutes.
>
>Well, there are really only two levels plus the sum of the two. So
>when one goes, that's always two.
>

That is true for 3-way incandescent. Are you sure it is for CFLs too?

>But 5 minutes stinks.
>>
>>> bulb lights. Then the light slowly "creeps" down the spiral. Takes
>>> about 5 minutes!
>>>
>>> Anyone else experienced this?
>
>Not me.
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on February 26, 2007, 9:30 pm


Mark Lloyd wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:45:09 -0600, "readandpostrosie"
>>
>>> i bought a THREE WAY fluorescent bulb.................two of the
>>> three levels are gone.
>>> i bet i used the lamp once, for about five minutes.
>>
>> Well, there are really only two levels plus the sum of the two. So
>> when one goes, that's always two.
>>
>
> That is true for 3-way incandescent. Are you sure it is for CFLs too?

It is for at least some.

I would suggest the OP just return them to the store for a replacement.
They were defective, just like you can get a defective traditional lamp.

>

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




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