On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:27:05 -0700 (PDT), George Herold
wrote:
Hi SEB. Well I sent an email to Don klipstein on this topic. And
have permission to copy his reply.
from Don K. below
2: In incandescent traffic signals, the bulbs for yellow last
longer than for red and green. So even after being switched on
and off about a million times, on-time is still a significant
factor in life expectancy.
That means for my proposed test comparing a 50% duty cycle flashing
light bulb, with one that is on continuously, the continuous light
bulb will burn out first. That's the opposite of what I saw with the
theater marquee bulbs. Now, I'm really tempted to run the experiment.
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