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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
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Date: 26 Dec 90 19:48:11 GMT
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In article <117@deeptht.UUCP> spcecdt@deeptht.UUCP (John DuBois) writes:
|     Or you want to be able to dim the lamp, or a CF won't quite fit,

I don't know about dimming, I guess you're right, if it matters to
you, it doesn't to me.

As for fit, I am willing to change the fixture to save energy and
help the environment.

|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

You could and they do. You ought to look. My current favorite is the
"Qlite" by Lights of America.

|lamps (I do, but I know people who claim that the best fluorescents, with no
|percievable flicker, give them headaches... maybe psycosomatic, but

But have these people seen the high frequency CFs? I can wave my hand
in front of them and see no flicker. If it were in a fixture such
that you couldn't see the shape, I would challenge anyone to be
able to tell the difference.

|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!)...

Ok, you're right.

I guess that's why they pass laws requiring fluorescents in the
bath and kitchen of new housing.

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