Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way

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Navigation: Homepage     Index     Yearly archives Fun Astrophotography     (catalog) About this site Real pages Dark Light TTY You have been mislead about lightbulbs 2026-07-30 — 2026-07-31 There's a story that goes something like this: In 1925, lightbulb manufactures secretly colluded to standardized lifespans at 1,000 hours. They would test each other's products to ensure compliance. This is true. At the time, many bulbs lasted

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