On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:35:18 -0700, (Dave Platt)
wrote:


- They'll probably kill off halogen bulbs fairly quickly - dimming
halogen bulbs and reducing the filament temperature interferes with
the tungsten/halogen sequestration/redeposition cycle, and the
filaments burn out more quickly than they need to.

I have/had some halogen 120 VAC bulbs that had a built in diode - in
the base of the lamp.
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