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Article #8974Re: incandescent light bulb life extender
From: William K. McFadden
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 23:57
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 23:57
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In article <1990Dec13.172348.20146@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>In article <4078@osc.COM> jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane) writes:
>I can not see any reason to use incandescents anymore, unless you
>are getting free power.
Because X-10 fluorescent wall switches cost 5X as much as incandescent.
In addition, the fluorescent X-10 switch requires a neutral lead
to the switch box, which most houses don't have. It's going to be
a long time before this pays for itself. Of less importance is
you lose dimming with fluorescent. (I can live without this.)
This is unfortunate. I'd love to change all my lights to fluorescent,
but I don't want to give up my X-10. I am hoping either X-10 or
the bulb and light fixture makers will address this problem.
--
Bill McFadden Tektronix, Inc. P.O. Box 500 MS 58-639 Beaverton, OR 97077
bill@videovax.tv.tek.com, {hplabs,uw-beaver,decvax}!tektronix!videovax!bill
Phone: (503) 627-6920 "The biggest difference between developing a missle
component and a toy is the 'cost constraint.'" -- John Anderson, Engineer, TI
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!telly!problem!compus!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!videovax!bill From: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: incandescent light bulb life extender Keywords: lamp life, economics Message-ID: <6223@videovax.tv.tek.com> Date: 14 Dec 90 23:57:51 GMT References: <4225@kitty.UUCP> <6213@videovax.tv.tek.com> <4078@osc.COM> <1990Dec13.172348.20146@amd.com> Reply-To: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com (William K. McFadden) Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR Lines: 19