Delighted

[plonq]

The incandescent bulb in the bathroom finally burnt out this weekend. Given that it outlasted two florescent bulbs and an LED bulb, I decided to replace it with another incandescent bulb. What meagre savings we were realizing from the lower power consumption of the other bulbs is far outweighed by their fragility.

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[hantamouse.livejournal.com]

Fragile?
I've been debating whether I can put my LED light bulbs in my will, or if they legally count as Appliances now, and have to convey with the house.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Yes. They seem to be holding up fine everywhere else, but the fixtures in the bathroom chew through bulbs because they do not fare well in the warm, humid environment of the bathroom.

Our bathroom ceiling fixture has three globes, each for a 60W bulb. As the incandescent bulbs in there have burnt out, I was replacing them with fluorescent bulbs. Over time, I had replaced two of the original incandescent bulbs.

I replaced the first with a fluorescent bulb. When the second went, I also replaced it with a fluorescent bulb. When the first fluorescent bulb went, I replaced it with an LED. Then the second Fluorescent bulb went out and I replaced it with another fluorescent.

Then the LED bulb died, and I replaced it with another fluorescent.

Finally, the last incandescent bulb (the one that came with the house) finally gave out. Given how much I have spent on energy-efficient replacements over the years, I decided that it was probably more environmentally friendly, and less costly to just replace it with another incandescent.

[hantamouse.livejournal.com]

Thats disheartening. I just bought three LED globe lights for the bathroom.