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Long-lived CFL Bulb

This compact fluorescent lamp seems to have survived nearly two decades of use in a desk lamp:

Desk Lamp - long lived CFL
Desk Lamp – long lived CFL

It had plenty of starts, although maybe not so many total hours, as the other CFLs you’ll find mentioned around here.

I swapped in a similar CFL and we’ll see what happens.

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