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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: full-spectrum lamps?
Message-ID: <1990Dec6.173246.28403@amd.com>
Date: 6 Dec 90 17:32:46 GMT
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In article <1990Dec5.200452.23842@alzabo.uucp> jdwhite@alzabo.uucp (John White) writes:
|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

I have a couple of these. Very pricey, but the light is of good
quality, nice color, no flicker. Output in lumens is very close
to a real 75 W bulb. (1100 vs 1190, <1190 if you have soft white
or similar bulbs)

Their rated life is about 12 times that of a regular bulb, which
can be very attractive in fixtures that are difficult to change.

Only drawback (aside from price and larger size => doesn't fit all
fixtures)) is they can take a long time to warm up, especially in the
winter. Full warmup can take maybe a minute if the temp is around 60.

Anyway, much better than the Panasonics, which flicker when
they come on and only give 720 lumens.

The shape is more attractive than Lights of America, but LOA
seems brighter and comes on instantly. LOA is the only CF
I've seen that does come on instantly. If you are used to
turning the lights on and off when you enter and leave a
room, lights that are slow to turn on can be annoying.


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