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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.consumers.house
Subject: light bulbs again!
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.191126.17675@amd.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 19:11:26 GMT
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There seems to be a real interest in light bulbs (and light bulb jokes,
but I won't get into that :-) on USENET for some reason so let me help
feed the demand.

It was mentioned a while ago that GE had developed a more efficient QH
by using IR reflecting coatings. I just saw somewhere in one of my
magazines that GE is now selling this product but only to industrial
users. If things go well they will probably go consumer in a year or
two.

I decided to go to the horse's mouth and called the GE Lighting Center
(216 266 2121). They said they would sell the QH-IR to anybody, but
they are still in the process of ramping up production. They'll send me
data, but what I found out is that they have a 60 W PAR-38 which is
equivalent to a 150 W. They're also looking at a 100 W and a PAR-30 but
they don't seem to have any PAR-20s yet. I asked if they'd be doing LVH
IR like an MR-16 type and he said they would certainly look at other
applications for their patented IR technology.

He also gave me the number of their office in Oakland, CA so I could
find out where to buy QH-IR. (415 436 9450).

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