Re: Fluorescent lght

["Tim Dolan" <tims-pool-leagues@xxxxxxxx>]

I'd  like to thank of you for your cfl x10 infiormormation. I did not
realize the short life of cfl bulbs. ( read that link that was indicated)
I'm still tempted to try them in the higher watt situations. 27 watts is
heck of a difference vs 100 watts. Unfortunately mine are base up
installations.
I am going to try the Phillips r40 cfl marathon classics in our kitchen...\
Thanks again,
                    Tim fm CT

"Marc_F_Hult" <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:48:34 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote
> in
> message  <45d38213.2195091671@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>>"Dimbo Spams" <cuervojose(remove)@jps.net> wrote:
>>
>>>One thing I have noticed though, is that when I have cfl equipped fixture
>>>turned on the bulbs cause interference with the rest of my x10 modules.
> they
>>>do not respond to on off commands, as soon as I replaced the cfl bulbs
>>>with
>>>regular incandescent, the problem went away, Is mine an isolated case?
>>
>>It's not an isolated case. There have been an increasing number of reports
>>of CFL noise blocking X-10 and Insteon communication. You can add a filter
>>but that substantially changes the economics (already iffy IMO) of using
>>CFLs.
>
> If you don't do the calculations, you can still have opinions, however
> iffy,
> but they don't have much 'transfer value' (euphemistically speaking).
>
> See the thread that Jeff Volp cites:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.home.automation/browse_thread/thread/d1f3bde6e5e0e30d/69c6dabcfddab8c3
>
> and look for the quantitative calculations.
>
> I also have CFL's in the basement of new  (not 10-year-old CFL's or El
> Cheapos)  and INSTEON works flawlessly. Time to get out the scope again,
> this
> time to look for something that may not be there. There is no reason why
> CFL's _have_ to put excess line noise on the powerline.
>
> As with the issues of hum, color rendition, and premature failure, years
> of
> work have made for better CFL's.
>
> http://web.mac.com/proteusmd/iWeb/Live%20Sustainably/CFL%20Bulbs.html
>
> 'Course one needs to identify and buy quality products that perform well
> enough for _your_ purposes. If you buy incandescent bulbs at Bubba's
> Bargin
> Basement that burn out prematurely -- damaging electronics as they go --
> the
> CFL's from the same source are also likely to be junk.
>
> ... Marc
> Marc_F_Hult
> www.ECONtrol.org