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From: jcallen@Encore.COM (Jerry Callen)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: full-spectrum lamps?
Message-ID: <13425@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 5 Dec 90 16:24:25 GMT
References: <1990Dec2.075008.6832@xrtll.uucp> <1990Dec5.053428.810@amd.com>
Reply-To: jcallen@encore.Com (Jerry Callen)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In article <1990Dec5.053428.810@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <1990Dec2.075008.6832@xrtll.uucp> 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.
>The nicest response I can give to that is that you obviously have
>never seen a compact fluorescent lamp. Nor can you spell it.

Regardless of whether or not Frank can spell it right, I agree that the light
from compact fluorescents is miserable. My in-laws have installed them
all over their house, and it drives me crazy to be there after dark.

I'm fond of halogens. More light per watt, long life, nice spectrum. But
they aren't cheap and they aren't as energy efficient as fluorescents.
So I guess Frank was right.

-- Jerry Callen
   jcallen@encore.com