Just a word of environmental concern. While it is legal to throw away bulbs from household use, they are a hazardous waste. They contain a fairly large amount of mercury and a few other possible heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. Remember that if it goes to the land fill, you have a good chance of drinking it later.

I noticed my new URI VHO bulbs are labeled with the symbol Hg, which is the chemical symbol for mercury.

The environmentally responsible way to dispose of them would be to take them to the city household hazardous waste collection site. The one in San Antonio is on Culebra across Northside Stadium. Its open on Thur. & Fri. I'm not sure where the site in Austin is located, but I know they have one. Call the city waste department for info.

Gary

BTW, an LFS is not exempt like household bulbs are and they cannot legally send old bulbs to the landfill, but I doubt many realize this.