"brugnospamsia" wrote in message
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

- are there any e-savers that will work with dimmers?
- what's a good place to buy good ones online - ScrewFux?


There are ways to dim standard cfls, but they dont involve standard
dimmers.

SNIP

You can also dim cfls if you open them up,

please illuminate us :-)

You need to change the mark/space ratio of the tube drive. Best bet for
this is to get one of the higher end ones (e.g. the ones that turn on slowly
or those with a dusk light incorporated) as these often have a common micro
inside that can be replaced with your own code.



The 9 watt lamp I just fitted to my pushbike is currently only taking 4
watts on the camping light invertor and I'm trying to understand how to
tweak it ....

is there any mileage in over-volting fluorescents ?

Probably only a little before burn occurs. Why not just get a slightly
bigger one ?