Re: N:Vision CFL's

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:46058569.783782875@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I've never used the Kill-O-Watt for PF readings.  Any tricks, tips or
traps?
>
> Screw the bulb into a table lamp. Plug the table lamp into the Kill A
Watt.
> Plug the Kill A Watt into a wall outlet. Select PF. Record the reading.

Roger.  Another interesting thing about dimmed N:Voice bulbs is that they
brighten substantially if I pass my had near the glass tube.  It's almost
like the glass balls with the long sparks that emanate from the center that
find their way into lots of scifi films.

What will the power factor tell us?  I tested the 23W floodlight and the 14W
bulbs and their PF is .61.  The old GE helical CFL comes in at .65.  A new
60 watt incandescent reads .99 "pee effs" (-:  The bulb that was on extended
dim is already demonstrating significant darkening at the ends of the tubes.
Dimming may not be terribly healthy for it.  My fox and hound tracer wand
reports a rising and falling tone emanating from the lamp base in the
dimming mode but no seriously noisy emissions like an active RF transmitter
makes.

--
Bobby G.