Re: the light bulb police are coming

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:39:23 -0400, Marc_F_Hult
<MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>On 17 Mar 2007 23:48:48 -0700, "John, SW Missouri" <jmjones@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote in message  <1174200528.825109.299200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>>I do use a CFL lamps for outdoor lighting and in my recessed cans in
>>the family room - and they take more like 3 minutes to fully brighten
>>up. Still I like 'em, and they run a lot cooler which is good in the
>>warm months.
>
>I 'suspect',  as we say around here, that some folks may soon be wishing
>that their 3-year-old CFLs _would_ fail prematurely ;-)
>
>Some inexpensive and widely available CFLs apparently improve on recent
>predecessors in most areas of concern.
>
>A $1.70 n:vision  2700K color temperature (incandescent-like) CFL from
>Home Depot was cooled down to 0F (-18F) in the freezer and then turned on.
>It went to within 1/3 stop of full brightness measured with a Zone
>VII-modified Pentax spotmeter in about 50 seconds.
>
>Starting at room temperature, they reach full brightness much more quickly
>-- effectively right away as far as my perception is concerned. By the
>time my pupils and other perceptual cues adjust, they are essentially up
>to full brightness. The residual perceived increase in brightness is minor
>(but the increase is still easily measurable with a light meter). If I
>weren't attuned to the warm up, I probably would not have noticed. Faster
>than my old four-foot T-12 shop fluorescents.
>
>>Mark - you're a hoot ;-)
>
>Did you mean to spell that with a "c" ?
>
>If so, I'm afraid that you've mistaken me for someone else.
>
>I  am *not* the "coot" ;-)
>
><joke intended>... Marc
>Marc_F_Hult
>www.ECOntrol.org

"cooled down to 0F (-18F) in the freezer"

Should, of course, be (-18C)  not "(-18F) ".

... Marc