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TCP PAR30 CFL
I ordered a pair of these for two "eyeball" cans that light my closets in two separate rooms (but are controlled by the main room switch). They were spec'd at 2700K, but "1000 bulbs" sent me one 3100K and one 4100K lamp. If these were used together, I would've sent them back, but the mistake is actually kind of cool. I always prefer "PAR" lamps to "R" flood-type lamps that have a frosted face. Otherwise, there's nothing interesting about these particular lamps. The spirals sometimes start up pink (3100K lamp) or purple (4100K lamp) when cold, typical for amalgam-type CFLs.
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TCP PAR30 CFL

I ordered a pair of these for two "eyeball" cans that light my closets in two separate rooms (but are controlled by the main room switch). They were spec'd at 2700K, but "1000 bulbs" sent me one 3100K and one 4100K lamp. If these were used together, I would've sent them back, but the mistake is actually kind of cool. I always prefer "PAR" lamps to "R" flood-type lamps that have a frosted face. Otherwise, there's nothing interesting about these particular lamps. The spirals sometimes start up pink (3100K lamp) or purple (4100K lamp) when cold, typical for amalgam-type CFLs.

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Filename:TCP_PAR30_CFL+.JPG
Album name:vaporeyes / Lamp Collection
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:TCP
Model Number:1P3016
Wattage:16
Lamp Type:Self-ballasted compact fluorescent
Filesize:105 KiB
Date added:Mar 03, 2013
Dimensions:783 x 724 pixels
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vaporeyes   [Apr 14, 2018 at 09:58 PM]
The 4100K version just burned out today, after 5 years and roughly reaching its 8000 hour rated life. I didn't notice it fail but it's just dead and cold, no exciting EOL show so maybe the internal fuse blew. I replaced it with the 3100K one (interesting color). TCP CFLs seem to be fairly decent from my experience and usually make it close to their rated life and rarely ever longer.

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