I have found some LED light bulbs and have found them to be 'okay'. I bit pricey but good for something like 40000 hours...
Jarrod On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 14:33 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > There is an abundance of knowledge within our group so I am > > tossing this info out for comments from savvy members. Perhaps others > > have experienced the same reaction. > > > > About a supposedly power saving light bulb. I grew tired of the > > icky illumination by this particular bulb, climbed up, removed the > > ceiling light fixture glass bowl, and was hit with a peculiar smell > > similar to heated mercury once the bowl was pulled away from the > > fixture. I don’t know if this made in China bulb contains mercury or > > not; but it certainly gives off a throat tightening reaction when > > heated and close. > > > > Uh Oh, I just noticed: “ NOT FOR USE IN LUMINAIRES CONTROLLED BY > > A DIMMER”. Guess we had it powered up too high in order for us to see. > > > > Bob Penikas > > -- > Bob, > As an ex-sparky of 20 years I can tell you that Yes they do contain > mercury and No you can't use a dimmer on fluorescents tubes and although > you can buy a specific dimmer for them, you can't use a normal > incandescent dimmer. Fluoros don't like anything lower than normal, here > 240 over there 120 ?, volts and reach the less than efficacious side of > salubrious in operation when delivery voltage gets down and dirty. > > Bones > -- > Try to go through life a little bit edible....... > You never know when you'll meet something hungry. > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
