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VK6BE > ENERGY 02.12.08 04:20l 33 Lines 1469 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : ENERGY@WW
IMy eyes are good enough to see that some of these ES lamps come up at
half brilliance and take about five minutes, maybe 10 to reach full
brilliance. As far as I am concerned I plug 'em in and turn 'em on. I have
no argument that they are not efficient and give plenty of light for me.
It was the longevity that had me worried, that's all.
If Andy is getting long life from them good luck to him. It is not always
the case here. Maybe our voltage is higher than his. The last one I
replaced took the circuit breaker out with it so it must have shorted out
internally. My eyes did not lie about that nor the fact that darkness
followed.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
>Adding to what I wrote previously both you and Terry are making an unfair
comparison. You can't go by what you see alone, your eyes are lying to
you. Remenber the F scale and lumens output, don't overlook the spectrum
either. There's a big difference between white, cool white and daylight
when you look at the Kelvin chart so wattage has far less to do with it
than average light output and the spectrum. Wiki will fill you in, they
have an excellent article complete with charts that will explain all and
give you an excellent idea what to look for on the package when you buy
lamps of any kind. The long and short of it is you must choose the lamp
for the job you expect it to do and ignore those wattage comparisons,
pure rubbish.
T
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