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From: rick@ameristar (Rick Spanbauer)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.211808.21546@ameristar>
Date: 17 Nov 90 21:18:08 GMT
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In article <1990Nov16.091211@mathcs.emory.edu> km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes:
>I've seen a few pieces on TV showing some new high tech florescent light
>bulbs that can directly replace an incandecent bulb. The benefit is much
>longer life, and energy savings. The ones shown are roughly the form factor
>of an ordinarily incandecent light bulb, and were said to be about $20/bulb.
>
>I've looked around for these in the usual places, the hardware superstores
>(Home Depot, Handy City, ..) with no luck. They seem to have the same stuff
>that's been around for years, basically a small ring shaped flourescent bulb
>with a center hub that can fit in a light socket. This can work in some
>fixtures, but far from all.
>Ken Mandelberg      | km@mathcs.emory.edu          PREFERRED

	Real Goods sells various Panasonic units via mail order:

		Real Goods
		966 Mazzoni Street
		Ukiah, CA 95482
		800-762-7325 (order line)

	Some representative prices:

		18W panasonic light capsule (1100 lumens):	$25
		27W panasonic twin tube capsule:		$29

	As I recall, I paid less for the 18W unit at the local hw store - it
	may pay to shop around more, eg check professional electric supply
	houses.  Note that you should try out the bulbs before you purchase 
	many of them - you may find their color temperature unsatisfactory, 
	they start too slowly for the application, may not operate at low 
	temperature, or have the wrong form factor to fit into some fixtures,
	etc.  I tend to use the bulbs for indoor lighting that remains on 
	all the time.

					Rick Spanbauer
					Ameristar