We have three lights in front of the house that we leave on all the time. One to light the house number and stairs, one bug light to light the door and one at the end of the driveway. It seems like these burn out way too often and all 3 will go about a day or so apart, so it seems like I am always complaining about burnt out light bulbs. My mother-in-law found some 2,000 hour bulbs in a catalog so she ordered me a six pack.
Last Friday I changed out the one at the end of the driveway with a long lasting bulb. I can see why they last that long, these suckers are dim. I guess it is expending 60 watts of power and giving off 30 watts of light and 30 watts of heat. I’ll let you know it lasts 76 more days.
How long does the average bulb last?
Here is a blurb from the GE web site in reference to their Soft White bulbs:
“A 60-watt incandescent bulb may have a rated life of 1,000 hours.
However, not all bulbs of this type will last exactly that long. That rated life is the median ? the point in lab testing when 50% of the test samples have burned out and 50% are still burning.”