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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: incandescent light bulb life extender
Keywords: lamp life, economics
Message-ID: <1990Dec17.035646.4694@amd.com>
Date: 17 Dec 90 03:56:46 GMT
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In article <6223@videovax.tv.tek.com> bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) writes:
|Because X-10 fluorescent wall switches cost 5X as much as incandescent.
|In addition, the fluorescent X-10 switch requires a neutral lead

Do compact fluorescents such as the Philips SL*18 require all this?
(you can get them from "Real Goods" if your local stores don't have them)


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