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krw

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On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:16:01 -0400, krw wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:05:20 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

JimL wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:08:59 GMT, wrote:

My Wife's mother wants a install an outdoor lighting fixture on the
side of the house where there is no convenient power access.
Instead of having to run a new 110v circuit 150ft, we were wondering
about a nearby 220v circuit that feeds 1 evap cooler.
Can we branch off from one of the hot 110 v lines to power an
outdoor light using 2 90watt bulbs? will this lower the voltage of
the tapped
into hot line and cause a fault or power issue for the evap cooler?
would tapping into each hot lines with only 1 90 watt bulb. be more
viable solution. Or should we immediately stop thinking of such
ridiculous things and smack ourselves for even thinking of such
possibilities? hehe It just seems awefully expensive to accomodate
this lighting desire. Can we extend off of a 110v receptacle
circuit provided the wiring is suitable?

I'd do it in a heartbeat - IF I had a good neutral for the 220V
circuit. One hot plus the neutral equal normal 110v circuit, almost.

How about getting some 100 watt fluorescent bulbs? That would cut
your draw down on your evaporative system by 2/3 or more.

Do you mean 23-watt?

Exactly. The package says 100 watts worth of light but only uses 23
watts.

Lumens is the measure of light output. Watts is the measure of
electrical energy you're putting into the thing. What they're
saying is that they put put the same light (lumens) as a 100W light
bulb while consuming less than 1/4 the electricity.

Look at the lumens of any light bulb and compare that with the
watts.

The package says 100 watts in big bold print.

What does the fine print say?

--
Keith