Tim S wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) coughed up some electrons that declared:

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dennis@home wrote:


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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
But its a fact. 12v lamps outlast 240v ones by about 10:1
Far too broad a statement. Lamps last according to design and use. The
most common 12 volts bulbs we see are in cars - and they certainly
don't last 10 times longer than 240v. Nor do normal LV domestic ones.
They probably last longer due to the electronic transformer having soft
start.
You can get soft start dimmers for 240v too.


GET Ultimate touch dimmers are soft start, because I've just tried one

Same for the master / slave jobbies (varilight IIRC) that TLC do.

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John.

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