sylvania CFL bulb burned out after a few months!! What is up with this CFL bulb?
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I'm a retired electricsal engineer and senior member of the IEEE. Before retirement I worked in the electric power industry (specificsally hydropower). Why don't GREEN advocates tell people the true total costs rather than just a small part of the costs of "saving the planet" when they try to convince (and if necessary force) everyone to save energy? It costs time, money, and energy (yours or the postal service's) to collect on a warranty. I have replaced all my incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs, and am sorry I did. Despite the claim of 6,000-12,000 hour "typical" lifetimes (depending on manufacturer and bulb power rating), my experience is that CFL failure rates are atrocious, and not just in high on-off switching locations. I doubt if I will ever recover in lower energy costs what I spent perforing the changeout. And the planet won't be saved either. How much additional polution is created by the CFL manufacturing process over that of incandescents? If you don't recycle CFLs, you are adding to the mercury problem. If you do, you are adding to the transportation-generated polution (burning gasoline, diesel, or coal/fuel oil to recharge your electric vehicle). High failure rates mean the wasted bulbs in landfills will more than make up for lowered polution elsewhere. Come talk to me again about my duty to help "save the planet" when the "typical" CFL bulb lifetime can be demonstrated under real-life operating conditions. Until then, I'm highly skeptical, and consider it a good policy to follow the money to see who benefits and by how much because of the "save the planet" pollution hysteria.
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I had the same issue where all the original bulbs blew out in a month. I shopped around a bit for finding a good replacement and home depot, lowes, Ikea all have them fairly cheap. It uses the G4 halogen bulb. Hope this helps.
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If under warranty you can send it to them and have it fixed. You pay the freight. Under warranty they will send you a bulb. There are no instructions or enough parts (high temperature crimps) to easily replace it. It is not designed to be replaced. My bulb blew up within 60 days. I fixed it with a new bulb, but I didn't consider my fix reliable. It works now but is destined for the garbage.
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Sorry, can't help you. Haven't looked into that yet. I've been using mine A LOT since last summer -- about seven months now, of fairly heavy usage, and the bulbs are still as bright as ever. I do look forward to finding out about replacements eventually, though.
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Mine also has a problem staying on when it shouldn't be. My bulbs burned out within 2 months. I wouldn't buy another. It's a China Cheapie!
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Those bulbs last at least a year or two. You should get in touch with Verilux. You may have a faulty bulb.
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Have not replaced the bulb so far...yet. I believe you can probably write to the manufacturer.
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My husband smelled it too, we investigated and found the cover to have melted and turned dark brown. that was only after using it a short time. I would take your tv cover off and look. These bulbs could be a fire hazzard.
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It lasted all last winter. A good rule rule might be to use the advertised bulb life and reduce by say 20% for the triggered on and offs.
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Send it back. The bulb is irreplaceable. That's what I did when this happened at 2 months post purchase.
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I have not noticed that problem. I still seem to be getting about 6-8 months with mine. I have 7 watt bulbs in 12 volt system, but am running several LED fixtures on this line, so I'm using less than a third of the capacity of the unit. Perhaps you're overloaded? Check the wattage of the bulbs you're running and see if you've got too much wattage overall. I also had a problem when I initially installed it where several bulbs blew. but it turned out to be one of the fixtures I just added. When I removed the fixture, all returned to normal. Must have had a short in it.
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I just had my first bulb go bad and as it turns out Amazon honors the return for 30 days! I think a $13.51 light bulb should have a bit better warranty on it than that. I've got incodescent bulbs that have lasted for years and only cost peniies to replace. Time to contact support and see what they say. Update: I contacted SunSun at info@sunsunlighting.com, they responded the next day, requested the invoice from my purchase, and shipped me a replacement bulb UPS. That's pretty good customer service any way you look at it.
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I bought this bulb and another similar priced bulb. Both had a dark red streak across the top. So I contacted Sony and bought their bulb for a lot more $. I am supposed to get in around 1/4. Bottom line - the cheaper replacement bulbs just didn't 't work for me. Good luck.
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Hi Joanne, I too ended up at Home Depot to try to get the right bulb & they no longer offered a replacement bulb for the lamp I bought there, so I rewired the fixture to accept a CFL. I have two of these bulbs & would be happy to ship them to you so you can try them. If they fit your application, send me something neat for Christmas & we're square. If they don't fit, you can donate them to the Goodwill, or ??? Thanks & Best Wishes, John
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I have 24 Sylvania 65 watt 130 volt light bulbs in my home. They were there when I moved in 6 years ago. The first one burned out today, and I was happy to see these bulbs are dimmable, as all of my bulbs are on dimmer switches. Maybe that is why they lasted so long. I guess they will all start to burn out so I'll order a few cases. Thanks for the "Dimmable" revue.
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I had a similar situation. after some research it was best to just buy another unit considering the bulb replacement cost
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mine stopped working a few months after I bought it. We bought a new bulb online but still didnt work.