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RE: 110V light bulbs wanted


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  • Subject: RE: 110V light bulbs wanted
  • From: "Roger Bilboul" <Bilboul@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:36:16 +0100
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I happen to have an old stock of small chandelier 110V bulbs - I believe
they are E10 or E12 - happy to send you one to try.

Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:tivo@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 June 2001 16:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] 110V light bulbs wanted
>
>
>
>    Haven't researched this well but is there an easy source of
> 110V standard
> lamp bulbs say 60W in the UK at reasonable prices. I use a couple of
the
> Smartlink X10 light switches through auto transformers and it
> would be much
> neater to drive US bulbs directly. Screw style is fine.
>
>    Of course if we had some properly spec'd X10 kit available here I
> wouldn't have this problem . I find it incredulous that there are
still no
> UK style X10 wall switches for two way switching circuits . Why can't
they
> just design a switch that works as an intermediate and it would
> work in all
> scenarios. It can't be that much more difficult or expensive.. and
then
> there's the double switches...
>
>     .......'but the market isn't big enough' I hear them say ... well
it
> never will be if you can't produce suitable products to start it
growing
> .....  The X10 technology will have been outdated by the time they are
in
> production.... then I suppose they'll say ... 'I told you they
wouldn't
> sell' !
>
>    Kevin
>
>
>
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