Posted on 11/11/2007 7:20:25 PM PST by Westlander
If U.S. lawmakers have their way, the lights may soon go out on Thomas Edison's greatest invention -- the incandescent light bulb. The 19th-century inventor brought illumination to the world's fingertips, but according to Congress, his invention isn't efficient enough for an age anxious about energy supplies.
"Only 10% of the power used by today's incandescent bulbs is emitted as light, while the other 90% is released as heat," Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., said when she introduced her legislation to ban standard light bulbs.
To eliminate this waste, Harman has proposed legislation that would effectively eliminate incandescent light bulbs from store shelves nationwide as early as 2012.
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You could use candles, but that would produce carbon emissions.
This is the bulb that I bought 6 of at about $4.00 apiece.
5 of them quit operating quickly, I’m sure it wasn’t the LEDs but the electronics that failed, any theories on why these failed, and some say that the cheap flashlights sometimes lose one or more LEDs?
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=18-LED-CLR&cpc=RECOM
“Lies about the climate to cover for someone making a ton of money selling us the ‘new stuff’.”
And the helpful government will charge an extra tax to properly dispose of the new stuff, too.
Home Depot.
I have never seen a CFL instantly on with its max output, ever when its cold. If it was used recently and you turn it back on, you don’t have the issue. But if its been off for a while its a guaranteed 15-30 second wait for them to put out their maximum light.
They do come “on” instantly, but they don’t remotely give their max output instantly when cold.
Does this mean that I have to scrap my kid’s EZ Bake oven?
“ps Hmm, perhaps we could make them out of a combination of soy and lentils?”
Getting close.
I would much rather see legislation to BAN DEMOCRATS.
LEDs, as with anything, are dependent upon quality control and good manufacturing techniques. An LED “P-N” junction is extremely small, compared to the actual size..................
Yes, if they’ll fit within the globe (housing); the old restriction was due to the heat given off by the higher wattage not the current load on the wiring and fixture.
They didn’t want you burning your nursing home down.
“can not use CFL’s as a basking lamp.”
Absolutely correct! I have a ceramic radiant heater, basically a far-IR light bulb. A Gorebulb emits little IR.
In 1989 I worked for the FAA and we had a trtaining room we were setting up in our hangar in an unused space that had fluorescent troffers with 40W 4’ tubes.
The instructor wanted a three-way dimmer system wired in so he could lower the lights for projection presentations.
We installed the commercial versions but they were muddy and caused a lot of flickering.
The better way would have been separate switches to turn out the center overhead rows and leave only the perimeter rows on.
So soon this curly french fry thing will appear over a comic strip character that has an idea?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I think they look like something you’d find in a proctologist’s office. at any rate I don;t think I’d like thm in by dining room.
The email gets one thing wrong, it’s not megawatts that would be saved, but some number of watt-hours (power and energy are not the same).
I’ll need to see if my monitor uses less current when it’s all white or all black- I suspect it does, but I’ll check it with a Hall probe sometime.
“I think my LCD monitors have backlights that burn a constant number of electrons,”
Yes, I missed that. Blackle would save energy for the CRT displays, maybe.
I have had terrible luck with these bulbs.
They do not last! What brand are people using and getting good milage out of?
That's how theaters usually work. Kill the overhead house lights, keep the footlights along the aisles. So people don't run into each other, but the folks on their seats aren't distracted.
Lighting is 25% of the average house’ electricity use. Cutting that down by 75% would be 18.75% or close to my 20%.
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