Tools and things for this job. This has an inner core single wire with a finely woven copper screen and foil around it.  This type of cable can only be joined by using special joiners sold by hardware and electrical stores. Male and female plugs are required for this operation.
CFL longevity and how to make it last longer. Compared to incandescent light bulbs, Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) rated lifespan is typically 8 to 15 times longer (6,000 to 15,000 hours). CFLs produce less light over time and it is expected that they produce 70â80% of their original light output by the end of their projected lifetime.
Compared to incandescent bulbs, fluorescent lamps are long-lived. Many are rated at 20,000 or even 30,000 hours of life (which is about 3Â½ years). Manufacturer's ratings of fluorescent lamp life are based on operating groups of lamps in a cycle of 3 hours on and 20 minutes off until all the lamps fail. The rated life is the time by which half the bulbs have failed.