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Re: Lo-voltage florescent bulbs?

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From: Joel Kolstad
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 03:51
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In article <BuJIMH.8Kn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pdg@math.uiuc.edu (Paul Grayson) writes:
>  I've seen lots of flashlights with what looked like florescent bulbs in them.  The flashlights ran at <10Volts.  Does anyone know where I could get the bulbs??

If you want to run flourescents at <10V, I don't think getting ahold of the
bulbs in those flashlights is going to help -- all of the flourescent
flashlights/lanterns I've seen have cheapo inverters in them to kick to
voltage up.
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From: kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
Subject: Re: Lo-voltage florescent bulbs?
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:51:15 CDT
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