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JM
- Jan 1, 1970
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The quality of standard 60/75/100 watt residential incandescent lamps from GE
and Syvlania is rather poor lately. I have been having bad luck with them
lately. I just contacted Sylvania about their 2,000 hour bulbs as not
lasting as such. They sent me some new ones. I took a peek inside some of
the new ones with my laser pen. The filaments are already loose and floppy,
and no filament supports were included. Now, shouldn't a long life bulb have
at least one filament support? Taking a look inside of some of the previous
early failures, often what's left of the filament is stretched and sagged
very unevenly. Sylvania seems to use a filament design that is not well
suited for extended service: rather long, vertical filament in respect to
base down, and no filament supports. I even visited a local store and
purchased a pack of SLI Extralife bulbs. But while I was there, I took a
quick peek at some cheapo Feit Electric and some other cheapo no name long
life bulbs. I quickly put them down as they were basically just 130v lamps
rated at 120v and hence they had rather low efficiancy. I got home and took
a peek inside of the SLI bulbs. They have a shorter length of filament
oriented horizontally in respect to base down. And yes one filament support
was included in each bulb, and all for $1.19 . I have used SLI's bulbs in
the past with good results. Even GE's normal 1,000 hour bulbs didn't do too
well when I've used them. GE uses the same filament design as sylvania.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Perhaps is there some Sylvania
and GE workers here would like to look into this?
and Syvlania is rather poor lately. I have been having bad luck with them
lately. I just contacted Sylvania about their 2,000 hour bulbs as not
lasting as such. They sent me some new ones. I took a peek inside some of
the new ones with my laser pen. The filaments are already loose and floppy,
and no filament supports were included. Now, shouldn't a long life bulb have
at least one filament support? Taking a look inside of some of the previous
early failures, often what's left of the filament is stretched and sagged
very unevenly. Sylvania seems to use a filament design that is not well
suited for extended service: rather long, vertical filament in respect to
base down, and no filament supports. I even visited a local store and
purchased a pack of SLI Extralife bulbs. But while I was there, I took a
quick peek at some cheapo Feit Electric and some other cheapo no name long
life bulbs. I quickly put them down as they were basically just 130v lamps
rated at 120v and hence they had rather low efficiancy. I got home and took
a peek inside of the SLI bulbs. They have a shorter length of filament
oriented horizontally in respect to base down. And yes one filament support
was included in each bulb, and all for $1.19 . I have used SLI's bulbs in
the past with good results. Even GE's normal 1,000 hour bulbs didn't do too
well when I've used them. GE uses the same filament design as sylvania.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Perhaps is there some Sylvania
and GE workers here would like to look into this?