Has anyone else found the compact fluorescent bulbs that are for recessed lighting do not last very long. I have had the regular spiral ones last for years but the ones enclosed in the reflector for the recessed sockets have only gone a few months. Maybe it's a heat thing ?
Have you been using CFL-specific recessed fixtures and bulbs from this list:
http://www.pnl.gov/rlamps/I'm curious because I want to add a bunch of recessed lighting to my new home and would very much like them to be CFL.
My home was actually delivered with CFL bulbs in every fixture except for two that have a dimmer by default - the dining room and master bedroom. I'll be replacing the fixtures, bulbs and dimmers this summer and hope to have every light source in the home running energy efficient luminaries.
The only place I can see using LED right now is for under the kitchen cabinets. That should come some time in the summer as well. The technology just isn't thee yet for general lighting, both in terms of performance and cost.
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