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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent)
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Date: 20 Nov 90 22:59:37 GMT
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In article <10920@rama.UUCP>, jdc@rama.UUCP (James D. Cronin) writes:
|>  At a full
|> 500 watts it should use more energy than a 100 (or 150) watt bulb.

Isn't energy use measured in watt-hours?  At full power, a 500 watt
bulb will use exactly 5 times as much energy per hour as a 100 watt bulb.

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Ken Lee
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