texaspyro
February 11, 2014, 5:59am
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I have never seen a “corn” bulb that wan’t utter crap. Go with Philips/Synvainia/Osram if you want to get a reliable bulb that meets its published specifications.
I have a 5000+ square foot house. It was originally built around 1918 and was last renovated in 1999. The designer of that renovation had a lumen fetish. The house has well over 300 light bulbs, mostly recessed can lights. All the bulbs are on Lutron Diva dimmers. The power to the house tends to run rather high. Even 130V bulbs don't last long. I literally have a closet devoted to just light bulbs.
A rundown of the most common bulbs I have:
50W PAR20 500 lumen halogens
50W P…