I've got nearly all CFL's, whatever it is they sell at Costco, and in
the past six months two of them have failed with arcing at the base and
heavy smoke.  Both times someone was around to notice and get them off
quickly but I wonder if they'd have exposed a flame if left on.  Also
very hot of course.

Phillips sounds pretty good.

Gary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:17 AM
...
> All IMHO, but ... .
> 
> Philips generally know how to make quality product OR know how to 
> manage to have their contracted suppliers supply quality product. In 
> my experience their brand means something.
> 
> FWIW when Australian Consumer tested CFLs relatively 
> recently, Philips 
> had the most output per Watt input of any and were up to twice as 
> efficient as some. A recent promotion here sold 3 Philips Tornado 20W 
> CFLs for $NZ9.99 = about $US7.00. At that price it makes sense to buy 
> them in preference to no-name brands.
> 
> 
>             Russell


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