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Article #8554Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent)
From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1990 16:38
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1990 16:38
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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...] Have you tried reflectorizing your ceiling? A little paint, or a piece of paper, or a couple of centerfolds... >A word about Damark: They stink! This is true, but they're cheeeeeeeeeep. >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 (:-)). The former, however, since you can't turn it down any farther (without clicking it off), is broken. --Blair "Never light anything bigger than your head."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!ogicse!intelhf!ichips!inews!cmdnfs!bhoughto From: bhoughto@cmdnfs.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Halogen Lamps, too (was Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent) Message-ID: <1102@inews.intel.com> Date: 27 Nov 90 16:38:10 GMT References: <27836@mimsy.umd.edu> <57@deeptht.UUCP> <1389@happym.wa.com> Sender: news@inews.intel.com Organization: Intel Corp, Chandler, AZ Lines: 23