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You might try and replace a few bulbs with twist type CFLs (or whatever shape fits the socket). Enough light that people feel safe, not too much that people complain. And I replaced a flood with a 50 watt low pressure sodium (the yellow/orange color) over a 4 place carport. Now I only have to replace the tubes every couple of years or so. I just don't think that they make hot wire filament bulbs like they used too. I have been taking care of the same place about 20 years now-and I would swear about 15 years or so I went from changing bulbs once every six months to changing them almost every month. Even longer term but not quite yet LED will be a viable solution.Īt my in-laws small 4 plex-I got so tired of the Sylvania 60 watt lamps (cheap Home Depot) that were lasting less than six week (on timer/photo cell) that I just replaced all of the fixtures with the little 13 watt exterior U tube fixtures. You'll save on energy with any of these and get much longer life. Long term you may want to look into CFLs, metal halide, sodium vapor, or linear fluorescent. If airplanes, trains, or heavy trucks frequently pass by this building then the vibrations may be shortening bulb life.

Once you eliminate electrical problems you're down to two possibilities-cheap bulbs and vibrations. Cheap brands generally don't even come close to rated life, and I've read recently somewhere that even name brand incandescents aren't giving rated life like they used to due to manufacturing being done overseas. Given that there is 16 hours of darkness this time of year, even if they're switched on at dusk and off at dawn you'll only get maybe 6 to 7 weeks from them. Are these only on at night or are they on 24 hours a day? At 24 hours per day all you're going to get out of standard 750 hour incandescent lamps is around 4 to 5 weeks.

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