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"Heatballs" - Their time has come
Heh!
[BERLIN] Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/...many_heatballs |
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Best idea I've heard in ages. Well done, sir!
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "HeyBub" wrote in message m... Heh! [BERLIN] Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/...many_heatballs |
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HeyBub wrote:
Heh! [BERLIN] Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/...many_heatballs I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon |
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Many folks use light bulbs to heat well houses, and other places. I
reccomend two bulbs, in case one blows a filament. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... HeyBub wrote: Heh! [BERLIN] Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101015/...many_heatballs I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon |
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On Oct 16, 9:28*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Many folks use light bulbs to heat well houses, and other places. I reccomend two bulbs, in case one blows a filament. What two bulbs do in the privacy of their own sockets is none of your business. R |
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Ah, that's what you modernists say. God made Bulbs, and Sockets.
Homosocketuality is a grave transgression. As also is blowing filaments among unmarried bulbs. Just cause it's consenting adults, doesn't mean socketual behaviour is acceptable unto the source of all power. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "RicodJour" wrote in message ... On Oct 16, 9:28 am, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Many folks use light bulbs to heat well houses, and other places. I reccomend two bulbs, in case one blows a filament. What two bulbs do in the privacy of their own sockets is none of your business. R |
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"Jon Danniken" wrote in message
... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. |
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On Oct 16, 11:15*am, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using *a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. *The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. *The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. *When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. *Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. In the heating season, I worry very much less about light bulbs (incandescent) stayiong on when no one is going to be in the nearby space for a period of time. WHen it is air-conditioning season, we are very careful about leaving incandescent bulbs going any more than necessary. |
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In m,
DGDevin spewed forth: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:57:16 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:
but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. It's talk like that that will get you added the hate list the fool in the White House is compiling! |
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On Oct 16, 1:57*pm, "ChairMan" wrote:
DGDevin spewed forth: Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. Here's an example of the 'free' market making a choice. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/1...s-decay-months Remember: A). There is no such thing as a free market B). Decisions are rarely made with full information C). People shouldn't get old and die...especially me. R |
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RicodJour spewed forth: On Oct 16, 1:57 pm, "ChairMan" wrote: DGDevin spewed forth: Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. Here's an example of the 'free' market making a choice. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/1...s-decay-months That's why i haven't set foot in a micky d's since my kids were about 12(now 28&32) And people still *choose* to eat there,it's called thinning the herd. It's like riding a motorcycle without a helmet, those people are known as donors Remember: A). There is no such thing as a free market No, but the freer the market, the more oppurtunity one has to succeed B). Decisions are rarely made with full information It's still free choice and *I* can decide what's best for me better than the gvnmt can C). People shouldn't get old and die...especially me. Again, it's choice, just ask Jack Kavorkiang |
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Do you have government permission to ask that question? You could be
considered unpatriotic. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "ChairMan" wrote in message . com... but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. |
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Stormin Mormon spewed forth: Do you have government permission to ask that question? You could be considered unpatriotic. I hear the helicopters now and they're black |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:57:16 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:
In m, DGDevin spewed forth: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. but shouldn't the market be the one that effects the change and not gvmt? I know lots of people don't like choice, but things are getting ridiculous. Up here, in the summer time we don't use lights much, and in the winter we need the heat anyway - so what's wrong with incandescent lighting? If I'm sitting reading in the evening and the lamp is giving both heat and light I can be comfortable with the thermostat at a lower setting as the lamp produces radiant heating - warming me in it's beam without having to heat the whole house. |
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Yeah, you folks up north in Maryland, dunno how you stand the cold.
Y'all come back now, heah? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:57:16 -0500, Up here, in the summer time we don't use lights much, and in the winter we need the heat anyway - so what's wrong with incandescent lighting? If I'm sitting reading in the evening and the lamp is giving both heat and light I can be comfortable with the thermostat at a lower setting as the lamp produces radiant heating - warming me in it's beam without having to heat the whole house. |
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On Oct 16, 12:15*pm, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using *a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. *The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. *The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. *When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. *Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. "When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps.. When you weren't working did you hang out in bars and listen to the piano? |
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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
... On Oct 16, 12:15 pm, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. "When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps.. When you weren't working did you hang out in bars and listen to the piano? In case no one gets this, it's a reference to Billy Joel. DD, face it, we're from a generation whose references are becoming more and more obscure. My teacher friend says kids don't know about a lot of things we take for granted - the most surprising of late that they didn't know anything about the Challenger disaster. But "Piano Man?" Before I got married, I dated someone about 25 years younger than me *once* and realized how out of tune 1 generation can make you: "This is the same song my Dad listens to!" or "This is just like my Dad's car" to "Who was Soupy Sales?" If a show didn't make it to Nickelodeon or endless reruns on WGN, it faded from history. I am always surprised to see the hundreds (thousands?) of one season or less TV shows that are listed. You can probably guess when someone was born by whether they recognize certain TV shows from their youth. I come from the "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Disney/Bonanza/The FBI" Sunday night TV generation. I can't quite place any other shows to a particular day but those shows seem to stick in my mind as family TV night shows. I think "The Man from Uncle" would have been Thursdays. Now think of how meaningless the above is for someone born in 1990. (-: We're getting old and in the way, but only the good die young. To keep this on thread, this is the time of the year when we pull a lot of CFL's and replace them with incandescents just because the savings equation changes so much when the spill heat is recoverable in terms of room heating. Year long we don't use CFLs in stairwells, in the bathroom nor in the overheads because they are X-10 controlled devices without a neutral wire and the bulbs flash intolerably while on. Now that I think about it, when I switch over to "winter mode" today I might try 2 CFL's and one low wattage incandescent in a three bulb overhead fixture just to see if a tungsten bulb leaks enough current to allow the X-10 switch to operate normally. That would be an interesting experiment although I suspect the light would be noticeable asymetric with that sort of bulb mix. But I have to agree, running CFLs in the summer really does save a LOT of electricity because the AC doesn't have to absorb all the spill heat from tungsten bulbs by running longer. I wonder how many cultural references in "We Didn't Start the Fire" would be meaningful to today's kids? Hmmm, doesn't look too good, DD. "Johnie Ray? Sugar Ray Peyton Place?" They'd ask "Where's Sookie?" Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roll, cola wars, I can't take it anymore (My favorite was always "Space Monkey Mafia" ) -- Bobby G. |
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On Oct 16, 6:51*pm, "Robert Green" wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ... On Oct 16, 12:15 pm, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. "When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps.. When you weren't working did you hang out in bars and listen to the piano? In case no one gets this, it's a reference to Billy Joel. *DD, face it, we're from a generation whose references are becoming more and more obscure. My teacher friend says kids don't know about a lot of things we take for granted - the most surprising of late that they didn't know anything about the Challenger disaster. *But "Piano Man?" Before I got married, I dated someone about 25 years younger than me *once* and realized how out of tune 1 generation can make you: *"This is the same song my Dad listens to!" or "This is just like my Dad's car" to "Who was Soupy Sales?" *If a show didn't make it to Nickelodeon or endless reruns on WGN, it faded from history. *I am always surprised to see the hundreds (thousands?) of one season or less TV shows that are listed. You can probably guess when someone was born by whether they recognize certain TV shows from their youth. *I come from the "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Disney/Bonanza/The FBI" Sunday night TV generation. *I can't quite place any other shows to a particular day but those shows seem to stick in my mind as family TV night shows. *I think "The Man from Uncle" would have been Thursdays. *Now think of how meaningless the above is for someone born in 1990. (-: *We're getting old and in the way, but only the good die young. To keep this on thread, this is the time of the year when we pull a lot of CFL's and replace them with incandescents just because the savings equation changes so much when the spill heat is recoverable in terms of room heating. Year long we don't use CFLs in stairwells, in the bathroom nor in the overheads because they are X-10 controlled devices without a neutral wire and the bulbs flash intolerably while on. Now that I think about it, when I switch over to "winter mode" today I might try 2 CFL's and one low wattage incandescent in a three bulb overhead fixture just to see if a tungsten bulb leaks enough current to allow the X-10 switch to operate normally. *That would be an interesting experiment although I suspect the light would be noticeable asymetric with that sort of bulb mix. But I have to agree, running CFLs in the summer really does save a LOT of electricity because the AC doesn't have to absorb all the spill heat from tungsten bulbs by running longer. I wonder how many cultural references in "We Didn't Start the Fire" would be meaningful to today's kids? *Hmmm, doesn't look too good, DD. * "Johnie Ray? Sugar Ray *Peyton Place?" *They'd ask "Where's Sookie?" Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roll, cola wars, I can't take it anymore (My favorite was always "Space Monkey Mafia" ) -- Bobby G. What I love doing is pointing out to my "kids" (18 - 24) how many of "their" songs are remakes of songs from my generation. I love pointing out to them that many of the artists that they listen to fit into one of 2 groups: 1 - They don't know how to write quality music so they remix the great songs from my generation. 2 - They know how to write quality music, but they also recognize quality writing when they see it and give tribute by remixing it. Somehow I doubt that too many of the new songs they listen to will be remixed by the next generation of musicians. If it's crap now, it'll still be crap in 20 years. I'm not putting down all music of today, because there are a lot of talented writers/performers out there, and I like some of the same stuff my kids do. However, when I see them enjoying Eminem sampling "Big Brother and The Holding Company" or Silvertide rocking Dylan's "Maggie's Farm", I have to point out to them whose music they are listening to. |
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On Oct 16, 6:51*pm, "Robert Green" wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ... On Oct 16, 12:15 pm, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. "When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps.. When you weren't working did you hang out in bars and listen to the piano? In case no one gets this, it's a reference to Billy Joel. *DD, face it, we're from a generation whose references are becoming more and more obscure. My teacher friend says kids don't know about a lot of things we take for granted - the most surprising of late that they didn't know anything about the Challenger disaster. *But "Piano Man?" Before I got married, I dated someone about 25 years younger than me *once* and realized how out of tune 1 generation can make you: *"This is the same song my Dad listens to!" or "This is just like my Dad's car" to "Who was Soupy Sales?" *If a show didn't make it to Nickelodeon or endless reruns on WGN, it faded from history. *I am always surprised to see the hundreds (thousands?) of one season or less TV shows that are listed. You can probably guess when someone was born by whether they recognize certain TV shows from their youth. *I come from the "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Disney/Bonanza/The FBI" Sunday night TV generation. *I can't quite place any other shows to a particular day but those shows seem to stick in my mind as family TV night shows. *I think "The Man from Uncle" would have been Thursdays. *Now think of how meaningless the above is for someone born in 1990. (-: *We're getting old and in the way, but only the good die young. To keep this on thread, this is the time of the year when we pull a lot of CFL's and replace them with incandescents just because the savings equation changes so much when the spill heat is recoverable in terms of room heating. Year long we don't use CFLs in stairwells, in the bathroom nor in the overheads because they are X-10 controlled devices without a neutral wire and the bulbs flash intolerably while on. Now that I think about it, when I switch over to "winter mode" today I might try 2 CFL's and one low wattage incandescent in a three bulb overhead fixture just to see if a tungsten bulb leaks enough current to allow the X-10 switch to operate normally. *That would be an interesting experiment although I suspect the light would be noticeable asymetric with that sort of bulb mix. But I have to agree, running CFLs in the summer really does save a LOT of electricity because the AC doesn't have to absorb all the spill heat from tungsten bulbs by running longer. I wonder how many cultural references in "We Didn't Start the Fire" would be meaningful to today's kids? *Hmmm, doesn't look too good, DD. * "Johnie Ray? Sugar Ray *Peyton Place?" *They'd ask "Where's Sookie?" Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roll, cola wars, I can't take it anymore (My favorite was always "Space Monkey Mafia" ) -- Bobby G. "I wonder how many cultural references in "We Didn't Start the Fire" would be meaningful to today's kids?" If they're interested, this is a great way to learn about those references. The song, with images linked to Wikipedia. Check it out... http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html |
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"Heatballs" - Their time has come
DGDevin wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. How many CFLs would it take to keep your Propane from going bad? |
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Do you mean jellied diesel? I don't think propane has that problem.
I can easily imagine power bill being lower with CFL. Which is fine, if all you want is light. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "DGDevin" wrote in message m... When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:05:07 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: Do you mean jellied diesel? I don't think propane has that problem. I can easily imagine power bill being lower with CFL. Which is fine, if all you want is light. Below a certain temperature propane won't vapourize, but that's something like -45. No gelling with propane. Deisel and furnace oil are a totally different situation. |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. |
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news On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. WHAT???? A 100W CFL puts out far more light energy than a 100W incandescent bulb. What you probably mean is that they draw the same amount of electrical current, but for instance a CFL rated at 23W is considered the equivalent in light energy to a 100W tungsten bulb. Now think of how dim a 25W incandescent bulb is an you have an idea of the difference in how much of that energy is being lost as heat, not light, in a tungsten bulb. -- Bobby G. |
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"Heatballs" - Their time has come
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:13:00 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote: wrote in message news On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. WHAT???? A 100W CFL puts out far more light energy than a 100W incandescent bulb. Read what was written. What you probably mean is that they draw the same amount of electrical current, but for instance a CFL rated at 23W is considered the equivalent in light energy to a 100W tungsten bulb. No, that's not what I meant, but it's a result of the same. Now think of how dim a 25W incandescent bulb is an you have an idea of the difference in how much of that energy is being lost as heat, not light, in a tungsten bulb. You really need to brush up on your reading comprehension. |
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:13:00 -0400, "Robert Green"
wrote: wrote in message news On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. WHAT???? A 100W CFL puts out far more light energy than a 100W incandescent bulb. What you probably mean is that they draw the same amount of electrical current, but for instance a CFL rated at 23W is considered the equivalent in light energy to a 100W tungsten bulb. Now think of how dim a 25W incandescent bulb is an you have an idea of the difference in how much of that energy is being lost as heat, not light, in a tungsten bulb. But the 23 watt CFL is putting out extremely close to the same amount of HEAT that the 25 watt Incandescent is. (about 23/25ths +/- a few percent) |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:34:04 -0500, "
wrote: On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin" wrote: "Jon Danniken" wrote in message ... I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the frozen north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters. The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed to light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power, hmmmm, tough call. Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. But (when it works) more light |
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I'd guess that the fluorescents put out less heat, and more light.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message news Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as a 100W fluorescent; 100W. |
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"Heatballs" - Their time has come
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:02:29 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote: I'd guess that the fluorescents put out less heat, and more light. Your guess would be wrong. Think about it. |
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"Heatballs" - Their time has come
On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:06:04 -0700, Jon Danniken wrote:
[snip] I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide heat in a small space. Jon I have a relative who uses 3 bulbs to keep plants in a small greenhouse from freezing. -- 69 days until The winter celebration (Saturday December 25, 2010 12:00:00 AM). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us "I don't believe in god because I don't believe in Mother Goose." -- Clarence Darrow |
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