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Article #8794Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent)
From: John DuBois
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 03:33
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 1990 03:33
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In article <1102@inews.intel.com> bhoughto@cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
+In article <1389@happym.wa.com> Irving_Wolfe@happym.wa.com writes:
+>[...takes TWO of the things at FULL power (1kW total!!) to light ONE room...]
+>They have a rotating dimmer switch. One of them, when you turn it on, comes
+>on medium-bright and goes up from there. The other, after the click, is still
+>off. If you turn it up quite a bit, it comes on, medium-bright. Then you can
+>turn it down some if you'd like a softer light.
+
+The latter operates correctly. You have to slap those little
+halogens pretty hard before they'll incandesce (:-)).
Actually, this isn't caused by the bulb; it's a common defect of
triac dimmers.
John DuBois
spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sco!gorn!deeptht!spcecdt From: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent) Message-ID: <111@deeptht.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 90 03:33:17 GMT References: <27836@mimsy.umd.edu> <57@deeptht.UUCP> <1389@happym.wa.com> <1102@inews.intel.com> Reply-To: spcecdt@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us (John DuBois) Organization: The Armory Lines: 17