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Posted by on April 30, 2007, 6:32 pm
Does anyone if there is a particular rheostat that will dim CFLs? Or,
can CFL be dimmed at all. This seems to be a big hurdle if the CFL
industry wants wide spread acceptance of the newer light technology.
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Posted by RBM on April 30, 2007, 6:38 pm
If you buy one with a dimming ballast, it will work with a dimmer
> Does anyone if there is a particular rheostat that will dim CFLs? Or,
> can CFL be dimmed at all. This seems to be a big hurdle if the CFL
> industry wants wide spread acceptance of the newer light technology.
>
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Posted by larry on April 30, 2007, 11:25 pm
rco@lawokc.com wrote:
> Does anyone if there is a particular rheostat that will dim CFLs? Or,
> can CFL be dimmed at all. This seems to be a big hurdle if the CFL
> industry wants wide spread acceptance of the newer light technology.
>
Wow! I hadn't seen a rheostat since 1966, on a stage
installed in the 40's. Variacs, then SCRs and Triacs long
replaced them. They did make great heaters ;-)
Now was that a wirewound or carbon pile rheo?
-larry / dallas
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Posted by larry on April 30, 2007, 11:27 pm
rco@lawokc.com wrote:
> Does anyone if there is a particular rheostat that will dim CFLs? Or,
> can CFL be dimmed at all. This seems to be a big hurdle if the CFL
> industry wants wide spread acceptance of the newer light technology.
>
Wow! I hadn't seen a rheostat since 1966, on a stage
installed in the 40's. Variacs, then SCRs and Triacs long
replaced them. They did make great heaters ;-)
Now was that a wirewound or carbon pile rheo?
-larry / dallas
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Posted by on May 3, 2007, 1:23 am
On 30 Apr 2007 15:32:42 -0700, rco@lawokc.com wrote:
>Does anyone if there is a particular rheostat that will dim CFLs? Or,
>can CFL be dimmed at all. This seems to be a big hurdle if the CFL
>industry wants wide spread acceptance of the newer light technology.
You can not use ANY type of dimmer on ANY florescent light. You'll
either burn out the CFL or burn hour house down.
CFLs are the latest technology, but they will soon be replaced by
something new, such as LED lights. If you really want to save
electricity, burn candles, and candles can be dimmed by blowing out
several of them, and brightened by lighting more of them.
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