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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (S. M. Henning,)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: light bulbs
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Date: Mon, 4-Feb-85 11:42:17 EST
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

> Light bulbs that last longer do so by running cooler, hence more
> efficiently.

This article had a lot of good ideas and good analysis but this flip
remark flopped.  Tungsten lamps that run cooler give off much less
light per watt, thus the lumens per watt is very low, thus the
efficiency is very very low.