Re: VU1 ESL bulbs with HA dimmers?

[ginchinchili <ginchinchili@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aloe65, I have to correct you again. The price you're quoting , $4 -
$6 is wrong. The following link will take people to a site where this
bulb you keep touting is available online: http://www.microlamp.com/mm5/mer=
chant.mvc?
The price of the bulb is $8.95. Also, this "PureSpectrum" bulb you
continuously pump is only a PureSpectrum bulb in name. The bulb is
made by Litetronics who is allowing PureSpectrum to sell it using
their name. It's just another dimmable CFL. I personally think this
arrangement is suspicious because it really doesn't make sense.
PureSpectrum had been promoting their super CFL for over 2 years now
and finally come out with a non-proprietary bulb made by Litetronics.
Sounds like a bait and switch scheme to me.

On Sep 28, 8:13=A0am, jdsafe_at_hotmail_dot_...@xxxxxxx (aloe65) wrote:
> aloe65 had written this in response tohttp://forums.cabling-design.com/ho=
meautomation/VU1-ESL-bulbs-with-HA...
> =A0:
> Dave,
>
> Pure Spectrum is about to release a CFL that is dimmable with a
> conventional dimmer. =A0It will smooothly dim to 10% with an "instant on"
> capability too. =A0They have an extremely high power factor(.96) and the
> power useage will be proprtional to the dimming level that you have set,
> whic his a great conservation aspect. =A0The light level is supposed to b=
e
> very good and it will be "cold to the touch" also. =A0Unlike a lot of new
> technology like LED's and ESL's, they will be in the $4-$6 range, and not
> $20-$25. =A0There is a lot of junk on the market shelves these days with
> reference to CFL's, I believe this bulb has addressed all the concerns
> that consumers have to CFL's. =A0I am waiting for it to hit the market. =
=A0
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> unfrostedpoptart wrote:
> > I've just been reading about VU1's new ESL bulb technology (http://
> >www.vu1.com). =A0Looks really good and seems to address a lot of the
> > problems of CFL and LED. They specifically talk about (and show) that
> > it dims smoothly on normal dimmers. =A0I was wondering if anyone knows
> > how they would work with X10/Insteon/etc electronic dimmers and the
> > infamous local-control problems.
> > I've given up on adding any more HA gear until there's a good,
> > inexpensive, high-efficiency, light bulb available that I can actually
> > dim!
> > =A0David
>
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