Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!alzabo!jdwhite
From: jdwhite@alzabo.uucp (John White)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: full-spectrum lamps?
Message-ID: <1990Dec5.200452.23842@alzabo.uucp>
Date: 5 Dec 90 20:04:52 GMT
References: <1990Dec2.075008.6832@xrtll.uucp>
Organization: Brian's XENIXlings, Ottawa, Canada
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frankl@xrtll.uucp (Frank Lemire) writes:


>  Lately theres been alot of talk here about the compact florescent 
>lightbulb.  Nice bulbs, but if you dont like florscent light, theres not
>much you can do.  Recently I saw what was billed as a full-spectrum lamp. 
>   
>  The salesman couldn't help me at all, so why not ask the net.   Are
>these any good?  is it like sunlight?
> 
>  Thanks for any help..
> 
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I picked up a couple of full spectrum florscent lamps which are 18W and
(supposedly) output as much light as a 75W incandescent.  The light they
produce is approximately the same color as incandescents, a soft slightly
yellow light.

The bulbs are Philips SL*18, and I bought them at Pascal (generic houseware
store) for $29.95.  Phillips claims they last 1 to 8 years, depending on
how long they are on each day.

JD (jdwhite@alzabo.UUCP)
"In an insane society, a sane man must appear insane" - Spock


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