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Recently I just opened one lamp and found that the CFL lamp dies due to the Electronic circuit failure, thought the lamp would have about 7000 hr of life. I feel we must have regular repair/recycle centres for CFL and Electronic Tube light Ballast.

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More people would start using the CFL lamp, which would reduce the energy consumption

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CFL manufactures would lose revenue

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jonathanmarks thinks: The recycling aspect is very important because I believe that these bulbs still contain small quantities of mercury, essential for the lamps operation. Yes, it is great that energy consumption (and wasted heat) is being saved. I am concerned that in many African countries there is not a good recycling programme in place to ensure even tiny amounts of mercury don't get into land fill.

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