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I've never seen an original capco break down because of an incandescent bulb. I've seen some that broke down from exposure to sunlight for many years.
What size bulb did you have in your globe? Chances are the wattage bulb you were using was way too high. Most of us over illuminate our globes (me included). A 15 watt incandescent bulb is what I was told were originally used to illuminate globes.

I have a cool white fluorescent in one metal bodied globe. It really makes the blue background look great. I first tried it in a glass bodied globe. The lenses looked great, but the glass body looked terrible.

I'm going to try a warm white fluorescent to see how it looks in a glass body. If I don't like that I'm going to stock up on incandescent bulbs.

Its been reported that changing all the bulbs in an average house to fluorescents could save $300 a year......but I also remember the report that a lady in California called the EPA when she broke a fluorescent bulb. The cost for the HAZMAT team to clean up the mercury from the broken bulb was over $7000.