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How long is the longest a light bulb has ever lasted you before having to be replaced?

Light bulb in my kitchen has over 5 years of continual use now -all other bulbs been changed at least once.

Posted - March 12, 2019

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  • 10449
    I have a CFL bulb in my kitchen that's been going since 2009
      March 12, 2019 10:51 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Not as long as 5 years, that is for sure!  The new ones now I think are different.  But, we still have the old-style brands and we are pretty good at turning them off.  I would say approximately 3 years?  Just a guess.
      March 12, 2019 11:39 PM MDT
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  • 17364
    A 40W bulb in my outdoor fixture that I left on 24/7 burned for six straight years.  I've had nightlight bulbs burn for years as long as I left them on.  If I ever turned them off they would not come back on.  So, I have three that burn 24/7.  I don't like a dark house. 
      March 13, 2019 1:06 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    My grand parents have light bulbs that are sixty years old in their kitchen ........if they ever get around to putting them in a working light fitting ,I'm not sure how long they would still work for......:) 
      March 13, 2019 2:05 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    LOLOLOL
      March 13, 2019 2:22 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    I'm full of bright eyed deers....I was once refered to as Bambi....:) 
      March 13, 2019 2:58 AM MDT
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  • 6988
    Back in the 50s, my grandparents had an old hand-blown clear glass bulb that had been used in a closet for an unknown period of time. As I recall, it had some other type of way of getting the electricity to it other than the usual 'screw in' system we use today. The house is still there, but it is no longer in the family. 
      March 13, 2019 7:25 AM MDT
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  • 7775
    Something like 4 years.
      March 13, 2019 7:27 AM MDT
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  • 44178
    The bulb on the garage door opener was working when we moved here 14 years ago, so obviously longer than that.
      March 13, 2019 8:37 AM MDT
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  • 19942
    I have changed very few lightbulbs in the past five years.  It's probably been even longer for all but one of the four bulbs in my dining room fixture.
      March 13, 2019 9:00 AM MDT
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