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Posted by Mark Lloyd on May 3, 2007, 1:30 pm
On Thu, 03 May 2007 00:23:55 -0500, businessman@nomail.com wrote:
>On 30 Apr 2007 15:32:42 -0700, rco@lawokc.com wrote:
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>>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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>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.
The same thing that can be accomplished by having more than one CFL.
I have a 3-way CFL, which works in a normal 3-way (3 contact) socket.
The package says 12/19/28W (30/70/100W equivalent).
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com
"Unlike biological evolution. 'intelligent design' is
not a genuine scientific theory and, therefore, has
no place in the curriculum of our nation's public
school classes." -- Ted Kennedy
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