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<blockquote data-quote="TheTallGuy" data-source="post: 7228607" data-attributes="member: 9121"><p>Years ago incandescent bulbs used to last for ages, but around the mid 90s they started to get "value engineered" so that the filaments had the absolute bare minimum of the lowest quality tungsten, plus the size, quality of the gas and the seals were reduced. By the turn of the millennium the majority of production was in the far East & no longer under the direct control of the companies whose badge they carried. </p><p></p><p>Back around the time of the ban coming in (~2009) we had a 20+ year old bulb die & when changing it I did a comparison with the replacement. I would say that the new bulb was ~30% smaller & you could see the difference in filament gauge with the naked eye - the new bulb lasted less than a year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheTallGuy, post: 7228607, member: 9121"] Years ago incandescent bulbs used to last for ages, but around the mid 90s they started to get "value engineered" so that the filaments had the absolute bare minimum of the lowest quality tungsten, plus the size, quality of the gas and the seals were reduced. By the turn of the millennium the majority of production was in the far East & no longer under the direct control of the companies whose badge they carried. Back around the time of the ban coming in (~2009) we had a 20+ year old bulb die & when changing it I did a comparison with the replacement. I would say that the new bulb was ~30% smaller & you could see the difference in filament gauge with the naked eye - the new bulb lasted less than a year! [/QUOTE]
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