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From: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent)
Message-ID: <111@deeptht.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 03:33:17 GMT
References: <27836@mimsy.umd.edu> <57@deeptht.UUCP> <1389@happym.wa.com> <1102@inews.intel.com>
Reply-To: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois)
Organization: The Armory
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In article <1102@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
+In article <1389@happym.wa.com> Irving_Wolfe@happym.wa.com writes:
+>[...takes TWO of the things at FULL power (1kW total!!) to light ONE room...]

+>They have a rotating dimmer switch.  One of them, when you turn it on, comes 
+>on medium-bright and goes up from there.  The other, after the click, is still 
+>off.  If you turn it up quite a bit, it comes on, medium-bright.  Then you can 
+>turn it down some if you'd like a softer light.
+
+The latter operates correctly.  You have to slap those little
+halogens pretty hard before they'll incandesce (:-)).

     Actually, this isn't caused by the bulb; it's a common defect of
triac dimmers.

	John DuBois
	spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us