CF bulbs lose some intensity during the first month of use and then
they don't lose much at all. I know people who've been using the same
CF bulbs for 3+ years w/ no problems.

"chet" chet-at-surewestDOTnet wrote in message
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Today I installed an ahsupply 1 x 55 kit. Cool beans. Other than my own
stupidity of trying to install the ballast the first time in a location
where it couldn't possibly fit, all went well. So, how frequently do these
bulbs get changed? Surely not once every 6 months.. I hope.

chet