Re: VU1 ESL bulbs with HA dimmers?

["D&SW" <d&sw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I would guess voltage to be faily low also, but bulb glass is much
thinner and non leaded as in a CRT. I was just thinking of back in the late
60s, early 70s (yeah, I'm a geezer, not a geek) when government mandated
more shielding around high voltage rectifier and damper cage in TVs because
of X-rays out the bottom of the set.  I think this applied to B&W sets also.
Perhaps I have been living too long in the "progressive" world of Chicken
Little and the Sky is Falling. ;-)

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4ab4be9d.7552906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Again, without technical details one can only speculate. but I think it
> highly unlikely that the voltages involved will be anywhere near high
> enough
> to generate significant x-ray emissions.
>
> Here's an IBM blurb about x-rays from CRT type computer monitors that puts
> it in perspective.
>
>     http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/healthycomputing/vdt14.html
>
> But, your point about waiting for independent lab analysis is certainly
> apropos as I'm sure the manufacturer is trying to show their light in the
> best light.
>
> "D&SW" <d&sw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Don't hold your breath. This is still smoke and mirrors. It is phospher
>>based technology just like flourescent bulbs, but rather than using
>>ultaviolet stimulation, they are using electron beam stimulation like an
>>old
>>television CRT. So the question is what is the next thing we have to worry
>>about, X-ray emissions from our ESL bulbs?
>>
>>Tagging on the Dave Houston's train of thought, With regard to X10 the ESL
>>probably will work in everything but the two wire wall switch, which
>>relies
>>on a trickle of power through the filament of an incandescent bulb. But
>>I'll
>>be waiting to see some independent lab analysis for secondary emissions. I
>>have feeling this is the new version of the foot/shoe X-ray machine that
>>every shoe store had back in the 40s and 50s until it was figured out they
>>were a big cancer hazard.
>>
>>"unfrostedpoptart" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:d8a1f691-bef0-4d34-9671-9e89e09234d4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I've just been reading about VU1's new ESL bulb technology (http://
>>> www.vu1.com).  Looks 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.  I 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!
>>>
>>> David
>