Recently bought a 30 year light bulb for a really high stairwell

I was painting the stairwell and had scaffolding up, so putting in a new lightbulb would be a snap. Easier to do it then than wait for it to burn out and have to haul the scaffolding back out just for a lightbulb.

Mother %^&*$%@ burnt out after 10 months. Turns out the "30 year" lightbulb had a whopping 6 month warranty.

In response to this post by DaveVT

Posted: 01/04/2018 at 4:46PM

Bought all new smoke detectors yesterday at Costco, but with -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 1:40PM

Nest ** -- ModerateHokie 01/04/2018 10:18PM

???? ** -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 10:52PM

I bought AA battery powered ones after the 10 year battery one died soon -- MEHOKIE 01/04/2018 6:44PM

Guessing most 10 yr ones won’t last that long -- DaveVT 01/04/2018 3:19PM

Recently bought a 30 year light bulb for a really high stairwell -- Tafkam Hokie 01/04/2018 4:46PM

Wow. The light on my back deck was there when I moved in. 26 yrs ago. -- GFallsFan 01/04/2018 7:53PM

Dang ** -- DaveVT 01/04/2018 5:15PM

7 year guarantee. Hope it lasts that long. ** -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 4:14PM

We just took down most of our wired ones -- daisyWV 01/04/2018 3:15PM

Mine have both. Battery for detector, and wire to link them. If one -- 48zip 01/04/2018 3:21PM

And that's the problem when you have 8 of them. Which one is it? -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 4:49PM

Do they not connect to a wired circuit? Also, I've always wondered.... -- 48zip 01/04/2018 1:51PM

The mounts are different, but I think I can cover the holes with the new -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 3:03PM

You need to get hardwired ones if that is what you had** -- DaveVT 01/04/2018 3:20PM

All should cover a standard electrical box. ** -- thankbud 01/04/2018 2:29PM

But if the diameter of the new one is smaller than the old one..... -- 48zip 01/04/2018 3:17PM

The house should have been painted up to the electrical box -- HokieForever 01/04/2018 3:36PM

Correct. Detector twists onto a plate. Bad description by me. -- 48zip 01/04/2018 3:45PM

Certainly possible, bad paint job them :-) -- HokieForever 01/04/2018 3:48PM

Possibly, but won't know that until you have it in hand. I have never done -- thankbud 01/04/2018 3:20PM

Yeah, I was hoping for a simple solution. Don't think there is one. ** -- 48zip 01/04/2018 3:22PM

Right, only problem here is these mounts are made to attach to a wall or -- AZHokie59 01/04/2018 3:06PM

Been a little while, but I've seen them configured to attach 2 ways. One -- thankbud 01/04/2018 3:16PM

Recently bought a 30 year light bulb for a really high stairwell

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