gacrowell@micron.com wrote:

> My own experience with CFL's for the past couple of years at home has
> been good, with one exception.  I have had up to four at a time in a
> (poorly vented) bathroom, where they only last a few months.  I suspect

I've had mine working just fine since 4/98. My wife and Kid take
mega long showers without a vent fan (they like the sauna effect)
so it's isn't the humidity.
I have GE 23W straight tubes that do not appear to have any
special sealing at the tube/case junction.

> the humidity kills them, so I've went back to incandescent there.  I
> have also started writing the install date on the base of the CFL bulbs.

Ditto. And the warrantee expire date so I know whether to dig
out the receipt from the 'warrantee' files. Unfortunately the
shipping cost is more than the cost of replacements. Nice scam.

> Very useful spreadsheet.  Gives me the urge to purge any other
> incandescents I can find.

I went completely CFL over a period of a year or so. Payback was
only a few years since the other bodies in the house don't seem to
understand the concept of 'lights off when not in use'.

R


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