🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <27836@mimsy.umd.edu> terry@brillig.cs.umd.edu (Terry Gaasterland) writes:
+
+Has anyone seen these new fangled indoor halogen lamps?  They've been
+described to me: about 6 feet tall, point straight up (looking into one
+of them can ruin your eyes), take bulbs of up to 500 watts, light up a
+whole room well enough to read, with an analog dimmer to adjust the 
+amount of wattage used, use less energy to light a room than a regular
+incandescent bulb.
+
+I've been told that they are available by catalog and that some discount
+houses sell them for about $40.00.  
+
+If you have any clues about how to purchase such a beast, I'd like to 
+know.  Thanks.
+
+  -- Terry

    Damark (1 800 729 9000) sells them for $40 + $10s/h.  I've seen them 
locally too, for the same $50.  They're kinda neat, but the ones I've seen
in action don't seem to be a terribly efficient lighting scheme.  At full
power (500W), reflected off of a white ceiling, they seem to give about
the same amount of light as a normal 150W incandescent bulb.  If your
ceiling has a particularly high albedo they might perform better.  Like any
incandescent, at lower power they are less efficient.  On the other hand,
if you like indirect lighting they're great.
    Damark's price for replacement bulbs is $19 (with s/h) for two.  I don't
know where you'd get replacements if they stopped selling them.

-- 
John DuBois
spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us