Comment Re:Its not the CFL/LED (Score 1) 602
The problem is, we are trying to adapt CFLs to Incandescent sockets.
Not always too well, since the result can be a a bad fit. Sometimes even a lamp which can't fit in the fixture.
The CFLs you're getting have about the cheapest ballasts that can be made in them and the airflow through them is awful. In an ideal setup you'd have these ballasts elsewhere... where they can remain cool.
Which is how "classic" florescent fittings work. With the ballast typically nowhere near the lamp.
Not always too well, since the result can be a a bad fit. Sometimes even a lamp which can't fit in the fixture.
The CFLs you're getting have about the cheapest ballasts that can be made in them and the airflow through them is awful. In an ideal setup you'd have these ballasts elsewhere... where they can remain cool.
Which is how "classic" florescent fittings work. With the ballast typically nowhere near the lamp.