Comments by "SeanBZA" (@SeanBZA) on "Is Philips discontinuing their coolest warmest product?" video.
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Still have a pack or three of Phillips 22W tornado CFL lamps, which do actually last around 8 years in use, on all night. bought them around 2000, a whole case, and they will probably last me a long time still, as they are the last lamps they used good capacitors in, and also used full size TO220 transistors in on the board, so do not cook themselves to death like the new ones. Still have black PCB material at EOL, but at least the transistors do not run that hot that they unsolder themselves, like the modern ones do.
The main capacitor also sits in the socket, so runs cooler, though of course it still get well toasted. Pretty much every one goes EOL with the filaments wearing out, not from electronics failing. Which seems to be the main issue with LED, in that you either have the driver die, or the dies themselves get the black spot of death on them. Ah well, if I run out of tornados I still have a number of magnetic ballast conversion units, which plug into a standard B22 socket, and take a PL lamp in the top, those pretty much will run till the plastic falls apart. PL7, PL9, PL10, PL11 and PL13 all work there, the magic of constant current, and glow starter construction in the lamp.
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