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From: henry@hutto.UUCP (Henry Melton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Thermistor Lightbulb Savers
Keywords: lightbulb thermistor
Message-ID: <776@hutto.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 90 00:46:48 GMT
Organization: Melton System, Hutto, Texas
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Some years ago, I bought some thermistor inserts that you place in the
socket of a standard incandescent lightbulb to reduce the turn-on shock
to the filament.  They worked great.  When you turned on the switch, the
bulb came up to the full (slightly reduced) brightness in under a
second.  

Now I have moved to a new house that has horrible electrical service,
with several blink-outs every month.  I am always buying new bulbs.

Then I remembered the inserts I used before and tried to buy some more,
however, all that I can find these days are the rectifier type.  Does
anyone know where the thermistor type are sold these days?


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