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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.sci
Subject: Re: lightbulbs
Message-ID: <2214@cae780.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-May-86 16:21:29 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 20 16:21:29 1986
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Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
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In article <1039@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:
>	Standard lightbulbs are available in a 130 volt rating, as opposed
>to the normal 120 volt rating.  Operating a 130 volt lamp at 120 volts does
>not appreciably lower the light output, but seems to appreciably increase
>lamp life (as compared to 120 volt lamps).
>		...
>			...				    I have also tried
>lamps rated as "rough service" lamps, but have had much better luck with
>the 130 volt variety for outdoor use.  	...

I heartily second the 130v suggestion.  The "rough service" bulbs are very
useful too, but not because of longer life in normal service -- they survive
much better in things like garage/workshop extension lights where vibration
and rough handling usually kill the bulbs long before they can burn out.

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc.
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