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bud-- wrote:
On 1/15/2014 1:37 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:13:35 -0600, wrote:


In addition to that, I think Don Klipstein said the heat produced by
CFLs does not radiate out of the fixture as well as the heat from
incandescents.

Why would that be? Heat is heat!

Incandescents get a lot hotter than CFLs. A higher percentage of the IR
would be shorter wavelengths, closer to red. My guess is that the
Hi,
IR has longer wave length. Longer than red. Not short.

shorter wavelengths radiate better.

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