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From: spcecdt@deeptht.UUCP (John DuBois)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: incandescent light bulb life extender
Keywords: lamp life, economics
Message-ID: <117@deeptht.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 90 21:42:47 GMT
References: <4225@kitty.UUCP> <6213@videovax.tv.tek.com> <4078@osc.COM> <1990Dec13.172348.20146@amd.com>
Reply-To: spcecdt@deeptht.UUCP (John DuBois)
Organization: The Armory
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In article <1990Dec13.172348.20146@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
+I can not see any reason to use incandescents anymore, unless
+you are getting free power.
+

     Or you want to be able to dim the lamp, or a CF won't quite fit,
or you *like* the color of incandescents (yes, you could make a fluorescent
with this color, but I haven't seen them), or you just don't like fluorescent
lamps (I do, but I know people who claim that the best fluorescents, with no
percievable flicker, give them headaches... maybe psycosomatic, but
they just won't use them...), or CFs just wouldn't be appropriate 
(chandeliers), or won't work (mini-base lamp fixtures, which I'm not going
to replace; I'm a renter not owner!)...
     I looked around this place; what with all the dimmers (5), mini-base
fixtures (13), and other oddities, there isn't much room for improvement.

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