Curly bulbs? As in fluorescents?
I bought a batch of coloured ones last Christmas and they were run through a
dimmer. They lasted the night. Apparently, they aren't made for that (
fine print ).
>From: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
>
>I was buying those lamps too from Walmart. They came with a 5 year
>guarantee. After 1 year they began blinking. I was only using them in
>a living room lamp so no rough duty for them. I did however save the
>receipt and took them back. I put new curly bulbs in (saved the
>receipt.) They lasted 1 year and began blinking. Repeat, repeat,
>repeat. Free bulbs for life if you don't mind the inconvenience.
>
>At 10:21 AM 11/9/2007, you wrote:
> > > them curly bulbs
> >I got an $8 curly bulb for the front porch light.
> >It said "lasts five years" on the package. It lasted almost five months.
> >BZ
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