new bulbs

[debbie]

If I buy some new bulbs that I don't need righaway and put them away will they still have good strength when I do need them??
They are PC bulbs.

 

[jackri]

They need a scratching head icon.
Are you worried about the freshness of a bulb if you don't use it for 6 months?? PC bulbs last 6 - 10 months (around there can't remember) only if they're being used. There isn't an expiration date on them.

 

[tank a holic]

yeah im not aware of any shelf life on bulbs, the only thing that wears a bulb out it the current traveling through it, as long as it doesn't get broken (obviously) it will last 4 ever

 

[debbie]

Thanks....

 

[tizzo]

Originally Posted by jackri
http:///forum/post/2956503
They need a scratching head icon.
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No they don't! Cause then everybody would post to say, "I don't know" and I like the old philosophy, that if you don't know, then don't post.

But I agree with the above. As long as the bulb is not fired up, it's fine. I can go into details about the phosphors and how it effects ROYGBIV, but all that only applies if it's lit. So your good.

 

[debbie]

Thanks Tizzo, I am just going out of town with hubby and this place that sells my bulbs is like half the price that I would pay for them here so i thought i would pick up two more to keep on hand.
Thanks