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Another reason ...
Remember my post a few weeks back "Another Reason to Hate CFLs" ? Well,
here's yet another. That one that I put in my bench light, that started it all, has now become so dim, that it is worse than useless. It has been getting worse and worse over the last week. There are signs of the ballast enclosure running hot, so I guess that any electros in there, have just cooked dry, due to the fact that it is predominantly hanging down, in a semi-enclosed 'shade', much like a lot of household room and decorative lighting does. They are fundamentally a crap technology that has been forced on a largely unwanting public, by supposedly green issues with a dubious foundation in fact. I know a lot of people on here seem to like the dreadful things, and swear by them, but my continuing experience, judged from when they first appeared, right up until now, just makes me want to swear *at* them ... I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ Arfa |
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Arfa Daily wrote:
I know a lot of people on here seem to like the dreadful things, and swear by them, but my continuing experience, judged from when they first appeared, right up until now, just makes me want to swear *at* them ... It's a matter of use and taste. I would not put one in a reading light, but for general illumination (but not base up), they are fine. For example, an 11 watt CFL is just perfect for my bathroom, so that at 3am when I stumble in half asleep without my glasses to use the toilet, I don't trip over the bathtub (it's recessed into the floor). A 11 watt or even a 30 watt incandescent bulb would not be bright enough. On the other hand, if I had two 35 watt flourescent lights installed for more reasonable use, such as being able to read while on the toilet, seeing well enough to take a bath or shower, or even brushing my teeth. So in general, I save a lot of money on electricity using one, but don't expect it to be something it's not. I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. As soon as you have the bulbs in hand, share the URL. :-) Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-) |
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Yup.
My home workshop is actually a converted bedroom - and when building it tried to make things as easy as possible to revert back to that when I get too old to use it. ;-) Ie, any time soon... The workbenches all have decent lighting above them, but the switches aren't at the door so I still have a central pendant fitting for just general illumination. Which was fitted with a clear 150 watt tungsten. Now blown my last spare of this size. So after a deal of looking, got a spiral CFL said to be a 120 watt equivalent. Is it hell - it's dimmer than a 100 watt pearl. And a bilious shade of yellow. And it takes ages to get to full output - even at an ambient temp of 20C. I do like the mains halogen types, though, apart from cost. Have a 100 watt one in the anglepoise at the electronics bench. At my age you need lots of light when examining PCBs, etc. And that light quality is just right. -- *The soldier who survived pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... Yup. My home workshop is actually a converted bedroom - and when building it tried to make things as easy as possible to revert back to that when I get too old to use it. ;-) Ie, any time soon... The workbenches all have decent lighting above them, but the switches aren't at the door so I still have a central pendant fitting for just general illumination. Which was fitted with a clear 150 watt tungsten. Now blown my last spare of this size. So after a deal of looking, got a spiral CFL said to be a 120 watt equivalent. Is it hell - it's dimmer than a 100 watt pearl. And a bilious shade of yellow. And it takes ages to get to full output - even at an ambient temp of 20C. I do like the mains halogen types, though, apart from cost. Have a 100 watt one in the anglepoise at the electronics bench. At my age you need lots of light when examining PCBs, etc. And that light quality is just right. -- *The soldier who survived pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. Yes Dave. All agreed. Geoff. Per your request for a URL of someone selling 'proper' light bulbs http://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/bul...ayonet&f=Pearl or http://www.mr-resistor.co.uk/item.as...351&i=3189&a=0 Arfa |
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"Arfa Daily" wrote... I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ My Shed is lit by 75W "eco" halogens (only 3 of 'em so far) plus one in the Danglepoise over the measuring and marking-out "table", very good light. I'm fitting a 50W 12V halogen in the lathe's worklight (easier to find than 50V incandescents around here) so will see (I hope) how that works out. Of course you can tell the difference re colour spectra - the CFLs (and worse, "white" LEDs) give 3 narrow bands centred on the eye's sensitivities to RGB light (which works ok with emittive displays) so only illuminate 3 colours correctly when looking at reflective/absorbtive materials - any colours in between the 3 narrow peaks won't be rendered correctly, for values of "rendered under a full-spectrum light" as per sunlight, incandescent lights, even full moonlight... They're just adequate for the lav's, hallways, front porch and the cluttered loft though. Incandescents also have major green bonuses re recycling or landfill - by design they don't contain any mercury, other toxic heavy metals, radioactive materials or toxic organic materials (unlike CFLs), can be run through a crusher to recover the glasses and metals separately, are far cheaper and simpler to manufacture - one wonders whether the powers that be actually considered the whole lifecycle of CFLs when promoting them as "green"? In the USA and probably in the EU they're classified as "hazardous waste" as they fail the Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure test hence much more onerous disposal requirements. Just my ha'pence worth, Dave H. -- (The engineer formerly known as Homeless) "Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men" - Douglas Bader |
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"Dave H." wrote in message ... "Arfa Daily" wrote... I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ My Shed is lit by 75W "eco" halogens (only 3 of 'em so far) plus one in the Danglepoise over the measuring and marking-out "table", very good light. I'm fitting a 50W 12V halogen in the lathe's worklight (easier to find than 50V incandescents around here) so will see (I hope) how that works out. Of course you can tell the difference re colour spectra - the CFLs (and worse, "white" LEDs) give 3 narrow bands centred on the eye's sensitivities to RGB light (which works ok with emittive displays) so only illuminate 3 colours correctly when looking at reflective/absorbtive materials - any colours in between the 3 narrow peaks won't be rendered correctly, for values of "rendered under a full-spectrum light" as per sunlight, incandescent lights, even full moonlight... They're just adequate for the lav's, hallways, front porch and the cluttered loft though. Incandescents also have major green bonuses re recycling or landfill - by design they don't contain any mercury, other toxic heavy metals, radioactive materials or toxic organic materials (unlike CFLs), can be run through a crusher to recover the glasses and metals separately, are far cheaper and simpler to manufacture - one wonders whether the powers that be actually considered the whole lifecycle of CFLs when promoting them as "green"? In the USA and probably in the EU they're classified as "hazardous waste" as they fail the Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure test hence much more onerous disposal requirements. Just my ha'pence worth, Dave H. Oh yes, Dave. You are preaching to the converted ! Probably, actually, to the original pastor !! I'm famous on the 'net for crying about CFLs, lead-free solder, and eco-bollox in general. I have had a good rant many times about the eco 'credentials' of this so-called 'green' technology, including the hidden costs of manufacturing, shipping, and disposing of CFLs - and ugly windmills all over the land and seascapes and tidal electricity mills and now fields of PV panels. I just wish that some of the politicians and 'save-the-planet-green-mist-brigade-do-gooders', would actually stop for a moment and temporarily put aside their evangelical fervour, and have a realistic look at the wider picture. It's just so frustrating to see good, proven, mature and reliable technologies, which were developed over many years with very good reasons for the changes and developments to them, displaced by these substitute (NOT replacement) technologies, which have been hurried into production without due respect for many affected areas, just to satisfy directives and personal 'missions' being thrust upon the population by politicians, think tanks, and faceless committees and commissions, desperately trying to either make a name for themselves, or preserve their jobs and pensions ... :-( I'm not against responsible use of the planet's resources, and recycling where appropriate, but it has all turned into nothing short of a religion in the last few years, without any consideration of issues besides the green ones, and it really makes me mad that we're all rolling over and letting it wash over us, in the name of 'doing our bit'. See ? You've got me going again ... :-) Arfa |
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I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents,
including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ Don't expect it to last very. If you don't run it long enough to engage the halogen cycle, the bulb will burn out faster than a conventional incandescent. Several weeks ago I said I'd switched to all fluorescents. I was wrong. The stairwell and hallway lamps are all incandescent. (Almost all of them are still working after 10 years.) Fixtures that are turned on only briefly should be regular incandescents -- or LEDs! Other types are not appropriate. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
: I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ Don't expect it to last very. If you don't run it long enough to engage the halogen cycle, the bulb will burn out faster than a conventional incandescent. Several weeks ago I said I'd switched to all fluorescents. I was wrong. The stairwell and hallway lamps are all incandescent. (Almost all of them are still working after 10 years.) Fixtures that are turned on only briefly should be regular incandescents -- or LEDs! Other types are not appropriate. I have 130V "contractor" incandescents in my apartment. there's one bulb in the bathroom fixture(8 40w mini-bulbs) that is original,still working after 25 years. One in my dining room [heavily used]lasted 15 years,but that one was on a dimmer. I use CFLs where a light stays on a long time[living room],and incandescents for short on-off applications. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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Arfa Daily wrote:
Oh yes, Dave. You are preaching to the converted ! Probably, actually, to the original pastor !! I'm famous on the 'net for crying about CFLs, lead-free solder, and eco-bollox in general. I have had a good rant many times about the eco 'credentials' of this so-called 'green' technology, including the hidden costs of manufacturing, shipping, and disposing of CFLs - and ugly windmills all over the land and seascapes and tidal electricity mills and now fields of PV panels. You don't really remember who invented global warming do you? Back in the mid 1980's when the coal miner's strike brought the UK economy to its knees (the pound was $1.05), Margaret Thatcher came up with it as a way of preventing the miners from ever having a politicial voice again. The whole idea was to make coal and the miners so "dirty" to the common man that the mines would be closed and they would be the last generation of miners destined to finish out their (longer) lives on the dole. It sort of worked until Al Gore got into the carbon credit business. He had a professional "pitch" put together to get investors (something every startup does) and it took off. In the end it became the power point pitch that won a Nobel prize. It's not as far fetched as you think. Before she got into politics, Thatcher was an industrial engineer and is the mother of modern ice cream. She calculated the exact proportion of air that could be added to ice cream and still sold as ice cream. Now except for home made and few specialty products, all ice cream is made from a variation of her formula. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-) |
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In article ,
William Sommerwerck wrote: Don't expect it to last very. If you don't run it long enough to engage the halogen cycle, the bulb will burn out faster than a conventional incandescent. I'm not convinced about this. I have lots of 12v halogens on dimmers, and their life doesn't seem any different from those which aren't. If anything, longer. Nor have they blackened as some say should happen. One thing that does annoy is most CFLs have a shorter life than claimed when hung with the connector at the top - as most incandescent lamps. Due to the heat getting to the electronics. I bought a very expensive GE RO80 CFL spot which claimed a very long life - precisely because it was difficult to change. And that failed after about 1500 hours - because of overheating, I was told. In a fitting designed for a 100 watt incandescent. WTF is the point of a spot which can't be pointed where you want the light to land? And giving an equivalent light output based on some ancient incandescent bulb no one ever uses? -- *Bigamy is having one wife too many - monogamy is the same Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In article ,
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Back in the mid 1980's when the coal miner's strike brought the UK economy to its knees (the pound was $1.05), Margaret Thatcher came up with it as a way of preventing the miners from ever having a politicial voice again. And incidentally the rest of the working class population in the UK. As well as plenty of the middle classes too. The UK is strange in that many seem to want others to be low paid, rather than all well paid. The whole idea was to make coal and the miners so "dirty" to the common man that the mines would be closed and they would be the last generation of miners destined to finish out their (longer) lives on the dole. And, of course, North Sea gas was just coming on stream. Now, it is well past peak prododuction. So our now converted power stations rely on imported gas. At whatever those who sell it wish to charge. Who'd have thought a politician would go for short term gain? ;-( -- *Do paediatricians play miniature golf on Wednesdays? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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You don't really remember who invented global warming do you?
It's not as far fetched as you think. Before she got into politics, Thatcher was an industrial engineer and is the mother of modern ice cream. She calculated the exact proportion of air that could be added to ice cream and still sold as ice cream. Now except for home made and few specialty products, all ice cream is made from a variation of her formula. I'm certain that the concept of "overrun" long predates Maggie. All ice cream needs at least a little air, or it would be very hard and dense. In the US, the maximum amount allowed is 50% by volume. |
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Don't expect it to last very. If you don't run it long enough to engage
the halogen cycle, the bulb will burn out faster than a conventional incandescent. I'm not convinced about this. I have lots of 12v halogens on dimmers, and their life doesn't seem any different from those which aren't. If anything, longer. Nor have they blackened as some say should happen. It depend on how far you dim them. If you dim just a little bit, they'll be at the point where the temperature is extremely high, but not high enough for the halogen cycle to kick in. Result: short life. But if you dim fairly far down, you'll be below that range, and they'll last "forever". And giving an equivalent light output based on some ancient incandescent bulb no one ever uses? It provides a reference point most people are familiar with. In 20 years, it will have disappeared. |
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Hi Arfa,
Arfa Daily wrote: I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post puzzled Can't you (still) purchase these over-the-counter? I'll admit to not having gone shopping for any recently (as I have several dozen of various bulb types on the shelf) but i didn't realize they have (?) disappeared... (which also makes me wonder if lead solder has gone this route) haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus I found the halogens to be a harsh light. Love them outdoors (can you spell "bright as day"?) but I've removed all of the indoor bulbs. far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ We're waiting for dimmable LED lamps (that won't require growing extra limbs to purchase)... |
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"D Yuniskis" wrote in message ... Hi Arfa, Arfa Daily wrote: I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post puzzled Can't you (still) purchase these over-the-counter? I'll admit to not having gone shopping for any recently (as I have several dozen of various bulb types on the shelf) but i didn't realize they have (?) disappeared... In theory, they have this side of the pond. There was EU legislation put in place - that our government of course felt it necessary to sign up to - which phased out incandescent bulbs with a pearl diffuse envelope. 60 watters were to be the first to go, followed by 100s. Clear envelopes however, were to remain available, at least for the time being. So all of the supermarkets and sheds stopped selling 60 watt pearl bulbs, ahead of the 'ban' to make sure that they complied, and were not left with cartloads of unsellable items on their hands. However, as I understand it, due to a governmental administrative snafu, the actual legislation was never enacted in the UK, leaving the way wide open for internet sellers, to just carry on as they were, and take full advantage of people's natural tendencies to stock up. I guess that the supermarkets etc have not restocked to make sure that a) they don't catch a cold if the situation suddenly changes, and b) they don't look bad that they've sold out on their eco-bollox credibility ratings. (which also makes me wonder if lead solder has gone this route) No, not really. Standard leaded solder has disappeared from all commercially available electronic equipment, with the exception of classes of items such as avionics, life support, and military (draw your own conclusions on this) which have been granted dispensations to continue to manufacture in leaded technology. This has been the case since June 2006 when the RoHS directive came into full operation. However, there is no requirement for equipment manufactured and brought to market before that date, and perfectly legally constructed using non RoHS compliant materials, including solder, to be repaired using anything other than originally specified non-compliant parts and solder. Indeed, it is considered to be not particularly metallurgically good to mix the two types of technology. There is also no requirement for items constructed for your personal use, and not to be offered for resale, to be constructed with lead-free parts and solder. For these reasons, traditional 60/40 solder is still readily available from all the usual parts supply houses, and is expected to continue to be for the foreseeable future. haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus I found the halogens to be a harsh light. Love them outdoors (can you spell "bright as day"?) but I've removed all of the indoor bulbs. Really ? I have found the light to be perfectly pleasant, if perhaps a little bright. Maybe that is your interpretation of "harsh" ? far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ We're waiting for dimmable LED lamps (that won't require growing extra limbs to purchase)... Although like CFLs, they do seem to be getting a little better, I've yet to see any that come close to other lighting technologies. My local supermarket has a number of floodlight fixtures for the car park, split between wall and pole mounts. Until a couple of weeks ago, these were fitted with some kind of metal halide or maybe high pressure sodium bulb. Whatever they were, they were a pale yellow, and did a grand job of lighting the car park in all weather conditions. They have now replaced the fittings with white LED arrays. I would guess that each one is probably a 10 x 5 matrix, so 50 LEDs. They are so bright that you can't look at them so what power rating are they ? 1 watters ? or 3s maybe ? Whatever, still a pretty significant power draw over 50 of them. However, bright as they are, the light from them is "harsh" - there's that word again - cold and shadowy. They don't actually come close to the performance of the previous floodlights, whatever exact technology they were. It will be interesting to see how well they penetrate fog, as we're now into that season. When low pressure sodiums were first introduced for street lighting, as I recall, fog penetration - which *is* inescapably good for yellow light - was one of the cited advantages for the technology. Certainly where you find white (mercury vapour ? egg shaped bulbs) high intensity street lighting in use, it performs nothing like as well in fog. Arfa |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:21:52 -0000, Arfa Daily wrote:
Remember my post a few weeks back "Another Reason to Hate CFLs" ? No. I have a tendency to not read boring bull****. -- ****! I thought no one knew, goddammit! http://preview.tinyurl.com/29p4ody Me, jacking off! http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xpntge Available For Lessons! |
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On 11/11/2010 12:42 PM, Arfa Daily wrote:When low pressure sodiums were
first introduced for street lighting, as I recall, fog penetration - which *is* inescapably good for yellow light - was one of the cited advantages for the technology. Certainly where you find white (mercury vapour ? egg shaped bulbs) high intensity street lighting in use, it performs nothing like as well in fog. Additionally, it was touted as "shadow free" which was supposed to help the police "find the bad guys" in higher crime areas. Jeff |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:42:02 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: No, not really. Standard leaded solder has disappeared from all commercially available electronic equipment, with the exception of classes of items such as avionics, life support, and military (draw your own conclusions on this) which have been granted dispensations to continue to manufacture in leaded technology. This has been the case since June 2006 when the RoHS directive came into full operation. However, there is no requirement for equipment manufactured and brought to market before that date, and perfectly legally constructed using non RoHS compliant materials, including solder, to be repaired using anything other than originally specified non-compliant parts and solder. Indeed, it is considered to be not particularly metallurgically good to mix the two types of technology. There is also no requirement for items constructed for your personal use, and not to be offered for resale, to be constructed with lead-free parts and solder. For these reasons, traditional 60/40 solder is still readily available from all the usual parts supply houses, and is expected to continue to be for the foreseeable future. A bit of trivia on lead. See PDF or XLS for USA lead production at: http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/ Despite the RoHS ban, new production (mining or primary production) in the USA has dropped drastically over the years, but recycling (secondary production) has made up the difference. If you look at the lead-use numbers above, there's a decrease in the use of lead in solder, which is more than compensated for by the increased use of lead in other areas. At best, overall consumption is fairly flat, with a slight drop due to the current recession. More on lead: http://www.basemetals.com/html/pbinfo.htm -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:21:52 +0000, Arfa Daily wrote:
Remember my post a few weeks back "Another Reason to Hate CFLs" ? Well, here's yet another. That one that I put in my bench light, that started it all, has now become so dim, that it is worse than useless. It has been getting worse and worse over the last week. There are signs of the ballast enclosure running hot, so I guess that any electros in there, have just cooked dry, due to the fact that it is predominantly hanging down, in a semi-enclosed 'shade', much like a lot of household room and decorative lighting does. They are fundamentally a crap technology that has been forced on a largely unwanting public, by supposedly green issues with a dubious foundation in fact. I'm on my 2nd year of running a 100 watt equiv 6500k CFL upside down and enclosed in a globe all year long dusk to dawn. I guess the brand does matter in this case Osram/Sylvania. And there was no indication on the package of any severe duty specifications. -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message ... Remember my post a few weeks back "Another Reason to Hate CFLs" ? Well, here's yet another. That one that I put in my bench light, that started it all, has now become so dim, that it is worse than useless. It has been getting worse and worse over the last week. There are signs of the ballast enclosure running hot, so I guess that any electros in there, have just cooked dry, due to the fact that it is predominantly hanging down, in a semi-enclosed 'shade', much like a lot of household room and decorative lighting does. They are fundamentally a crap technology that has been forced on a largely unwanting public, by supposedly green issues with a dubious foundation in fact. I know a lot of people on here seem to like the dreadful things, and swear by them, but my continuing experience, judged from when they first appeared, right up until now, just makes me want to swear *at* them ... I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ **Why would you stock up on incandescents? In a few years, LEDs will be pretty much the standard and reasonably priced and they keep their colour temperature when dimmed. As for experiences, mine is all good (with CFLs). In the past 7 years, I've had two failures (out of 19 installed). One I dropped and the other a possum sat on it. I either use CFLs or straight tubes just about everywhere. When I really need a lot of light, I hook up my 80 Watt (or 160) halide. Either one makes a 500 Watt halogen look sick. There are a few places in my homoe where I still have incandescents/halogens. I can't wait to dump them. They're unreliable pieces of ****. Give me CFLs any day. Or LEDs. Or halides, when I need them. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au |
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On 11/11/2010 3:06 PM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
"Arfa wrote in message ... Remember my post a few weeks back "Another Reason to Hate CFLs" ? Well, here's yet another. That one that I put in my bench light, that started it all, has now become so dim, that it is worse than useless. It has been getting worse and worse over the last week. There are signs of the ballast enclosure running hot, so I guess that any electros in there, have just cooked dry, due to the fact that it is predominantly hanging down, in a semi-enclosed 'shade', much like a lot of household room and decorative lighting does. They are fundamentally a crap technology that has been forced on a largely unwanting public, by supposedly green issues with a dubious foundation in fact. I know a lot of people on here seem to like the dreadful things, and swear by them, but my continuing experience, judged from when they first appeared, right up until now, just makes me want to swear *at* them ... I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ **Why would you stock up on incandescents? In a few years, LEDs will be pretty much the standard and reasonably priced and they keep their colour temperature when dimmed. As for experiences, mine is all good (with CFLs). In the past 7 years, I've had two failures (out of 19 installed). One I dropped and the other a possum sat on it. I either use CFLs or straight tubes just about everywhere. When I really need a lot of light, I hook up my 80 Watt (or 160) halide. Either one makes a 500 Watt halogen look sick. There are a few places in my homoe where I still have incandescents/halogens. I can't wait to dump them. They're unreliable pieces of ****. Give me CFLs any day. Or LEDs. Or halides, when I need them. Arfa's problem is more to do with "green" government ramming CFL's down peoples throats than actual performance. LCD monitors were trashed by computer critics when they first came out (rightly so) but now it would be a fool who buys a CRT monitor, no need for gov't intervention, the "people" made their own decision. As for CFL reliability, the QC has got worse, last pack of 6 from Costco , 2 were dead, one failed spectacularly after 20 minutes, the others are fine but I doubt will last the quoted lifetime. Also it would be useful if there was an easy way to dispose of the blasted things. JC |
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Archon wrote:
one failed spectacularly after 20 minutes Care to elaborate? Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-) |
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William Sommerwerck wrote:
You don't really remember who invented global warming do you? It's not as far fetched as you think. Before she got into politics, Thatcher was an industrial engineer and is the mother of modern ice cream. She calculated the exact proportion of air that could be added to ice cream and still sold as ice cream. Now except for home made and few specialty products, all ice cream is made from a variation of her formula. I'm certain that the concept of "overrun" long predates Maggie. All ice cream needs at least a little air, or it would be very hard and That depends on the base used -- as well as other ingredients. And, of course, how long you let it ripen. E.g., fruits tend to bring too much water to the mix; sugar substitutes result in insufficient volume (I suspect sugar also lowers the freezing point of the mix?) My butter pecan Rx can tolerate extended ripening before becoming "hard as a rock" (N.B. ripening seems to be a self-contradictory term wrt ice cream!) You can still-freeze some Rx's while others seem to need a dasher-on-steroids. : dense. In the US, the maximum amount allowed is 50% by volume. It's always fun to watch the expression on someone's face when they taste *real* "iceD cream"! |
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On 11/11/2010 3:54 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Archon wrote: one failed spectacularly after 20 minutes Care to elaborate? Geoff. small sparky flame out of one side of the tube hole for a second and enough smoke to set off the smoke alarm. JC |
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Archon wrote: On 11/11/2010 3:54 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: Archon wrote: one failed spectacularly after 20 minutes Care to elaborate? Geoff. small sparky flame out of one side of the tube hole for a second and enough smoke to set off the smoke alarm. Come on. It was just getting warmed up. ;-) -- Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is enough left over to pay them. |
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It's always fun to watch the expression on someone's
face when they taste *real* "ice cream"! That is, high-butterfat ice cream with low overrun. The University of Maryland dairy store sold such ice cream, and it was a wonderful. Even the "premium" brands don't match that quality. |
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Arfa Daily wrote in message
... "D Yuniskis" wrote in message ... On the wider field of RoHS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ucks-lead-shot Law banning use of lead shot in duck hunts ignored Lead pellets still used as ammunition to shoot ducks, says Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust * James Meikle * guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 10 November 2010 17.20 GMT Duck hunters are flouting the law on the use of lead ammunition. The law banning the shooting of ducks and other wildfowl with lead shot is being widely flouted across England, according to a government-funded study. Seven in 10 of the ducks checked at game-dealers, butchers and supermarkets were killed with lead ammunition, while surveys of shooters and shoot organisers revealed that many admitted they did not always comply with the regulations introduced in 1999. The measures were meant to stop the death of waterbirds from lead poisoning caused by them mistakenly eating spent shot which they mistook for food or grit needed to aid their digestion. This was thought to account for one-in-eight bird deaths. But no one is known to have been prosecuted for breaking the law which could result in a £1,000 fine. The regulations also ban lead shot being used to kill any birds below the coastal spring-tide high-water mark or in specified wetlands. The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), which wrote the report with the help of surveys by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), said there had been no improvement since the trust conducted a smaller study with the RSPB in 2002. Non-compliance remained "high and widespread". Businesses selling duck killed by lead pellets are not breaking the law. The checks indicated how the law was particularly poorly observed on inland game and duck shoots. Wildfowlers shooting birds in coastal areas were less likely to supply game outlets, the report noted. The BASC surveys found up to 45% of those responding admitted not always complying with the law. Some did not believe lead poisoning of wildlife was a sufficient problem to justify the regulations and others believed lead shot was more effective and less expensive than alternative ammunition, including steel, tungsten and bismuth. The WWT is calling on the government to do more to ensure the law is obeyed. It recommends that offences are reported, and said shoot organisers should make compliance with the law a condition of taking part, and that game-dealers should demand that all their suppliers had behaved legally. The BASC agrees all regulations applying to the use of lead shot should be observed. A spokesman said: "We need to address the problems this is showing up." The Lead Ammunition Group, a panel established by environment department Defra and the Food Standards Agency, is to report on the health impacts of lead shot on both wildlife and humans next summer. |
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In article , Arfa Daily
writes There are signs of the ballast enclosure running hot, so I guess that any electros in there, have just cooked dry, due to the fact that it is predominantly hanging down, in a semi-enclosed 'shade' They don't last as long when run base-up, as you have found. , much like a lot of household room and decorative lighting does. They are fundamentally a crap technology that has been forced on a largely unwanting public, by supposedly green issues with a dubious foundation in fact. My thought too. What about the mercury in the tubes? I know a lot of people on here seem to like the dreadful things, and swear by them, but my continuing experience, judged from when they first appeared, right up until now, just makes me want to swear *at* them ... They have their place, but are not the universal panacea the greenies profess them to be. They're ok in outside lights, for example, or in the garage or shed. I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post haste. Me too. The pound shops and TJ Hughes are still stocking them, 60 and 100w, clear and pearl, for 99p for four. I snarfed for free a big bag (about 50) of incandescent R60 spot bulbs from some guy who had replaced the lot in his new house with CFLs. Excuse me? Try turning them off occasionally... -- Mike Tomlinson |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:07:12 -0500, David Sanders wrote:
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:58:39 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow wrote:
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:07:12 -0500, David Sanders wrote: Maet Plow is blown by goats Really? How so? You tell us. -- ****! I thought no one knew, goddammit! http://preview.tinyurl.com/29p4ody Me, jacking off! http://preview.tinyurl.com/3xpntge Available For Lessons! |
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Hi Arfa,
Arfa Daily wrote: "D Yuniskis" wrote in message Arfa Daily wrote: I have now found an internet site selling all varieties of incandescents, including 60 watt pearl, so I shall be stocking up post puzzled Can't you (still) purchase these over-the-counter? I'll admit to not having gone shopping for any recently (as I have several dozen of various bulb types on the shelf) but i didn't realize they have (?) disappeared... In theory, they have this side of the pond. There was EU legislation put in place - that our government of course felt it necessary to sign up to Ah, OK. - which phased out incandescent bulbs with a pearl diffuse envelope. 60 watters were to be the first to go, followed by 100s. Clear envelopes however, were to remain available, at least for the time being. So all What was the rationale behind phasing out the 60's before the 100's? Frosted before clear? of the supermarkets and sheds stopped selling 60 watt pearl bulbs, ahead of the 'ban' to make sure that they complied, and were not left with cartloads of unsellable items on their hands. However, as I understand it, due to a governmental administrative snafu, the actual legislation was never enacted in the UK, leaving the way wide open for internet sellers, to just carry on as they were, and take full advantage of people's natural tendencies to stock up. I guess that the supermarkets etc have not restocked to make sure that a) they don't catch a cold if the situation suddenly changes, and b) they don't look bad that they've sold out on their eco-bollox credibility ratings. (which also makes me wonder if lead solder has gone this route) No, not really. Standard leaded solder has disappeared from all commercially available electronic equipment, with the exception of classes of items such as avionics, life support, and military (draw your own conclusions on this) which have been granted dispensations to continue to manufacture in leaded technology. This has been the case since June 2006 when the RoHS directive came into full operation. However, there is no requirement for equipment manufactured and brought to market before that date, and perfectly legally constructed using non RoHS compliant materials, including solder, to be repaired using anything other than originally specified non-compliant parts and solder. Ah, OK. Indeed, it is considered to be not particularly metallurgically good to mix the two types of technology. There is also no requirement for items constructed for your personal use, and not to be offered for resale, to be constructed with lead-free parts and solder. For these reasons, traditional 60/40 solder is still readily available from all the usual parts supply houses, and is expected to continue to be for the foreseeable future. haste. I have also just started trying out the halogen versions of traditional light bulbs, which still seem to make it into the eco-bollox "book of energy savers", even though they only consume a few watts less than their equivalent light-output 'traditional' tungsten cousins. Thus I found the halogens to be a harsh light. Love them outdoors (can you spell "bright as day"?) but I've removed all of the indoor bulbs. Really ? I have found the light to be perfectly pleasant, if perhaps a little bright. Maybe that is your interpretation of "harsh" ? shrug *Felt* as if it was shifted towards the blue (violet) end of the spectrum. It is interesting to evaluate "light" in A/B tests instead of "from memory". You can look at two light sources independantly (separated by a bit of time) and consider them to be a lot more similar than when you see them "next to each other" (in time). Also matters what other light sources are contaminating the area. far, I am impressed. I now have a 70 watt actual, 100 watt equivalent, fitted to my hallway main light fixture. It is very bright, very easy (for me anyway) to see by, and has a good colour spectrum, not in the slightest way offensive to my eyes, unlike the CFLs, which no matter how much anyone says that *they* can't tell the difference with, *I* can ... d :-\ We're waiting for dimmable LED lamps (that won't require growing extra limbs to purchase)... Although like CFLs, they do seem to be getting a little better, I've yet to see any that come close to other lighting technologies. My local supermarket has a number of floodlight fixtures for the car park, split between wall and pole mounts. Until a couple of weeks ago, these were fitted with some kind of metal halide or maybe high pressure sodium bulb. Whatever they were, they were a pale yellow, and did a grand job of lighting the car park in all weather conditions. They have now IIRC, they have special drive requirements. And, suffer from a slower warm-up time. We had (some kind of) lamps to illuminate the walkways at school which could be *shaken* (rather difficult for a 4" metal post sunk in concrete) "off" -- only to restart some time later. Mindless game to play when you had nothing more pressing on your plate. : replaced the fittings with white LED arrays. I would guess that each one is probably a 10 x 5 matrix, so 50 LEDs. They are so bright that you can't look at them so what power rating are they ? 1 watters ? or 3s maybe ? Whatever, still a pretty significant power draw over 50 of them. However, bright as they are, the light from them is "harsh" - there's that word again - cold and shadowy. They don't actually come close to the performance of the previous floodlights, whatever exact technology they were. It will be interesting to see how well they penetrate fog, as we're now into that season. When low pressure sodiums were first introduced for street lighting, as I recall, fog penetration - which *is* inescapably good for yellow light - was one of the cited advantages for the technology. Certainly where you find white (mercury vapour ? egg shaped bulbs) high intensity street lighting in use, it performs nothing like as well in fog. Here, we have ordinances "light polution" so fixtures and bulb technology tend to be driven by things other than cost, reliability, etc. shrug |
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Hi William,
William Sommerwerck wrote: It's always fun to watch the expression on someone's face when they taste *real* "ice cream"! That is, high-butterfat ice cream with low overrun. The University of Actually, the fat is just one issue that "surprises" the innocent's taste buds. More commonly, it is the intensity of flavor and the "texture" that gets their attention. Adding eggs to the base has a subtle taste/feel to it (though makes it dangerous from a health perspective!). You end up with something between a "Philly-style" cream and a "Gelato" (custard based). (I've yet to try marrying the two "technologies") Flavor intensity can, at first, startle the consumer. But, I've found that folks quickly get used to the extra "taste" and invariably want more -- regardless of how much they've eaten (and been reminded of how *bad* the stuff is for them!). I, for example, prefer an almond flavored cream with semi-sweet chocolate chips (sometimes dark chocolate, instead) and almond slivers. To the uninitiated, it seems like too many tastes and textures but it grows on you *real* fast! : Butter Pecan works for everyone. But, there it really *is* the high fat content that you taste (1/4 pound of butter in each quart : ) Maryland dairy store sold such ice cream, and it was a wonderful. Even the Yes, we had a few dairies in my home town that bottled their own milk (I still recall how heavy those 1G glass bottles were -- with their "cardboard stopper") and made fresh ice cream. You never knew what flavor they'd have on hand... "premium" brands don't match that quality. It is amusing because people equate the overrun with "premium taste". "Softer". Sure, there's less ICE CREAM in there! : "Just let it sit out for a few minutes and it will be plenty soft... AND good tasting!" |
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On Nov 11, 5:49*am, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote: You don't really remember who invented global warming do you? Back in the mid 1980's when the coal miner's strike brought the UK economy to its knees (the pound was $1.05), Margaret Thatcher came up with it as a way of preventing the miners from ever having a politicial voice again. The whole idea was to make coal and the miners so "dirty" to the common man that the mines would be closed Not exactly true, though. The uptake of CO2 by oceans and reef- building carbonate fixation was a hot science topic for many years. It was late eighties that the data got good enough to quantify the problem, and early nineties when the scientific agreement came together. Hardly anyone outside the UK knows (or cares, really) about the Thatcher contribution. Remember the old story about the boy who cried "wolf"? The villagers heard the warning from their watcher in the field, and did nothing. They lost their child. They lost their flock. They had an excuse. 'Maggie Thatcher made me do it' isn't a good enough excuse, either. |
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"D Yuniskis" What was the rationale behind phasing out the 60's before the 100's? ** The shortage of suitable replacements in CFL for 100 watt bulbs. IME, it takes a 22 or 27 watt spiral CFL to do the job well. ..... Phil |
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"D Yuniskis" wrote in message ... Hi Arfa, snip - which phased out incandescent bulbs with a pearl diffuse envelope. 60 watters were to be the first to go, followed by 100s. Clear envelopes however, were to remain available, at least for the time being. So all What was the rationale behind phasing out the 60's before the 100's? Frosted before clear? AS far as I have been able to ascertain, the reasoning behind earlier phase-out of 60s, was that it was felt that CFLs had reached the point where they could substitute for them in terms of equivalence of light output, whereas they still had some way to go to be able to make that claim for 100s. As to why pearl before clear, I have not been able to find a definitive answer to that one. I have seen it suggested that the pearl envelope is more inefficient than the clear one, in that it blocks more of the light output of the filament, causing it to be lost as heat. I'm not at all sure that I believe that as a valid reason, and subjectively, I've always thought that a pearl bulb in fact *appears* brighter than a clear one. Certainly, the fact that the light is diffuse, seems to make it less prone to generating sharp shadows, and from a purely aesthetic point of view, pearl bulbs look much more attractive in fittings where they are visible. Clear bulbs always seem to conjour up that 'seedy' feel that you get from old thirties gangster and private eye movies. Arfa |
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Arfa Daily wrote: "D Yuniskis" wrote in message ... Hi Arfa, snip - which phased out incandescent bulbs with a pearl diffuse envelope. 60 watters were to be the first to go, followed by 100s. Clear envelopes however, were to remain available, at least for the time being. So all What was the rationale behind phasing out the 60's before the 100's? Frosted before clear? AS far as I have been able to ascertain, the reasoning behind earlier phase-out of 60s, was that it was felt that CFLs had reached the point where they could substitute for them in terms of equivalence of light output, whereas they still had some way to go to be able to make that claim for 100s. As to why pearl before clear, I have not been able to find a definitive answer to that one. I have seen it suggested that the pearl envelope is more inefficient than the clear one, in that it blocks more of the light output of the filament, causing it to be lost as heat. I'm not at all sure that I believe that as a valid reason, and subjectively, I've always thought that a pearl bulb in fact *appears* brighter than a clear one. Certainly, the fact that the light is diffuse, seems to make it less prone to generating sharp shadows, and from a purely aesthetic point of view, pearl bulbs look much more attractive in fittings where they are visible. Clear bulbs always seem to conjour up that 'seedy' feel that you get from old thirties gangster and private eye movies. Clear bulbs USED to be 'rugged service' in the US, and made to withstand shock & vibration better that the frosted bulbs. They were sold for work lights and hard to replace locations. They are not as easy to find as they used to be. -- Politicians should only get paid if the budget is balanced, and there is enough left over to pay them. |
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Hi Arfa,
Arfa Daily wrote: What was the rationale behind phasing out the 60's before the 100's? Frosted before clear? AS far as I have been able to ascertain, the reasoning behind earlier phase-out of 60s, was that it was felt that CFLs had reached the point where they could substitute for them in terms of equivalence of light output, whereas they still had some way to go to be able to make that Ah, that makes sense! claim for 100s. As to why pearl before clear, I have not been able to find a definitive answer to that one. I have seen it suggested that the pearl envelope is more inefficient than the clear one, in that it blocks more of the light output of the filament, causing it to be lost as heat. I'm not at all sure that I believe that as a valid reason, and subjectively, I've always thought that a pearl bulb in fact *appears* It could, perhaps, be related to the fact that clear bulbs tend to be "exposed" as part of the "artistry" of the light fixture whereas frosted bulbs are typically behind a shade? I.e., if the clear ones were replaced early, people would gripe more about "how ugly" the CFL replacements are (??) (who the hell knows... maybe they flipped a coin in some back room?) brighter than a clear one. Certainly, the fact that the light is diffuse, seems to make it less prone to generating sharp shadows, and from a purely aesthetic point of view, pearl bulbs look much more attractive in fittings where they are visible. Clear bulbs always seem to conjour up that 'seedy' feel that you get from old thirties gangster and private eye movies. Ah, here we see clear bulbs "exposed" in fixtures more than frosted equivalents (unless you are talking about "*functional* lighting fixtures") |
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From my view, governments /should/ be forcing (yes, forcing) people to do
what's necessary to save energy. Market forces are highly effective in making short-term changes; they are much less effective in effecting proper long-term changes. (Things usually get worse until they abruptly collapse.) The problem, of course, is making sure the forced changes are rational and occur in the correct order. What people find aesthetically pleasing varies widely. In Jack Finney's classic novel "Time and Again" (it's the literary equivalent of a box of chocolate-covered cherries and I recommend it highly, just for fun), when Simon Morley returns to the 20th century from the 19th with his girlfriend Julia Charbonneau, she loves the brightness and clarity of incandescent lamps, but he says he prefers gas light. |
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William Sommerwerck wrote: when Simon Morley returns to the 20th century from the 19th with his girlfriend Julia Charbonneau, she loves the brightness and clarity of incandescent lamps, but he says he prefers gas light. Both are pretty continuous spectrum light sources. The problem with both CFL and LED is they ain't - they have troughs and spikes. Which is what makes them unpleasant to many, IMHO. -- *It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"William Sommerwerck" wrote in
: From my view, governments /should/ be forcing (yes, forcing) people to do what's necessary to save energy. Market forces are highly effective in making short-term changes; they are much less effective in effecting proper long-term changes. (Things usually get worse until they abruptly collapse.) The problem, of course, is making sure the forced changes are rational and occur in the correct order. if that's what you want,then MOVE to somewhere that does that sort of stuff. don't try to enact it here in the US. We value our freedom. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at localnet dot com |
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