electronupdate
Newly Enlightened
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- Apr 23, 2013
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Philips appears to returns as a price leader. It's nice to see 100 watt equivalent bulbs showing up on the market. The 60 watt products long ago became very affordable. However, many bulbs in my home are 100W and I could not justify spending upwards of $60.00 to replace those old CFLs. At < $10.00 that decision becomes much easier.
I tear down a bulb, reverse engineer some of the circuits followed by some performance analysis.
There are trade-offs for sub $10.00 bulbs. The light pattern is more downward firing than it should be for a good emulation of an incandescent. The warranty is quite a bit shortened (3 hours per day for 3 years)... that's only 3,285 hours.
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I tear down a bulb, reverse engineer some of the circuits followed by some performance analysis.
There are trade-offs for sub $10.00 bulbs. The light pattern is more downward firing than it should be for a good emulation of an incandescent. The warranty is quite a bit shortened (3 hours per day for 3 years)... that's only 3,285 hours.
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