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They did a segment about light bulbs on <span style="font-style: italic">Mythbusters</span>, and Grant and Kari visited the light bulb. They brought up an interesting point-just look at the filament. My car uses thinner wiring than that! No wonder it's lasted so long!

-Wm.
 
I'll bet the lack of being cycled on and off like most bulbs do also helps it to last longer. (no hot/cold cycles to break the filament)

For my money though, compact flourescent bulbs work just fine. Haven't changed any of them in 4+ years.
 
We need to check some English history.

...'s all I'm gonna say.
 
kennypinkerton said:
I'll bet the lack of being cycled on and off like most bulbs do also helps it to last longer. (no hot/cold cycles to break the filament)

For my money though, compact flourescent bulbs work just fine. Haven't changed any of them in 4+ years.
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I've had about 4 cfl's go out in the past four years. My whole house is lit by cfl's except for the chandeliers.
 
CFL's don't last in my house. I even burned out 2 LEDs in my cans in 2 months. Though,some of my kitchen can lights still have the original 14yr old incandescence burning.
 
I have a dusk-to-dawn mercury vapor light in my back yard that I installed when I built the utility shed. The electric eye never worked so it never turned off. The light has been burning continuously now for over 22 years!
 
As far as incandescent bulbs are concerned, you should buy the 130 volt bulbs instead of the 120 volt ones. A lot of people don't know the difference. You can buy them in contractors packages. The 130 volt bulb will take more electrical abuse, such as spikes and abnormal surges caused by lightning and grid distribution switching, thus lasting a lot longer than the average bulb. These spikes, if strong enough will damage florescent lighting, especially the little single bulbs.
 
TR6BILL said:
I have a dusk-to-dawn mercury vapor light in my back yard that I installed when I built the utility shed. The electric eye never worked so it never turned off. The light has been burning continuously now for over 22 years!
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You should have bought stock in the local utility.
 
I have always heard the urban legend that they can make lightbulbs to last for a long time but they don't because that's what keeps the lightbulb manufacturers in business.
 
Obviously those old bulbs weren't made by the Chinese!
 
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