[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] solar power for all our gadgets

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Sat Mar 21 03:28:15 UTC 2009


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:13 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:03 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 08:57:21PM -0400, John Drescher wrote:
>>> > Any CFL that behaves the way the OP described is either broken or VERY old.
>>> > Con-ED in NYC was giving away better ones than that in 1991.
>>> >
>>> My commercial electric (sold at Home Depot) spot lights possibly PAR38
>>> I have in my recessed lighting in the main hallway take 1 to 3 minutes
>>> to achieve full brightness. That is how they were new and how they are
>>> now 3 years later. As a result we rarely turn them on because they are
>>> basically useless for their purpose.
>>
>>     Got an ET bench in that hall? Otherwise, the cycle time and probably
>> even the brightness of the lights is not that big of a deal. You could even
>> probably just get an incandescent with 1/4 the wattage (of whatever was there
>> to begin with) and still be good.
>>
> It's a two story foyer with a pair of stairs and a cat walk so one
> would like to be able see where they are going so not to trip and land
> back on the first story... The 3 PAR38 CFLs give off less than a
> single 25W incandescent would in the same area for at least the first
> minute.
>
The main reason for the slow startup is probably temperature. I mean
above the recessed cans is the attic (no insulation above the cans)
and it is still winter here in Pittsburgh although it was 70F
yesterday in the day its 34F now and should go below 28 before the
night is over..

John


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