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Porch light burns out very fast zmike6 06-04-2007
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Posted by Jackson on June 4, 2007, 11:58 pm

>
>> Those compact fluorescents are going to be the next big environmental
>> mess
>> on the scale of MtBE!
>
> I hear that GE has an incandesent that is at least as efficient as a
> CFL... Anyone have any details?
>
> As efficient as CFLs are, they are relatively complicated devices. There
> must be other solutions out there that doesn't involve such a complicated
> device for such a simple task.
>

I have seen solar powered flood lights, but of course placement is sort of
critical. When you think about it, the standard incandescent is actually
very efficient compared to what was used previously. Much safer for the
environment then previous as well.



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Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 5, 2007, 7:28 am
Noozer wrote:
>> Those compact fluorescents are going to be the next big
>> environmental mess on the scale of MtBE!
>
> I hear that GE has an incandesent that is at least as efficient as a
> CFL... Anyone have any details?

The only thing on the scope that I know of are LED's and I suspect we
will be seeing a lot of them in the next five years. CF's may well go down
and be replaced with LED's.

>
> As efficient as CFLs are, they are relatively complicated devices.
> There must be other solutions out there that doesn't involve such a
> complicated device for such a simple task.

--
Joseph Meehan

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Posted by Don Klipstein on June 6, 2007, 12:21 am
>Noozer wrote:
>>> Those compact fluorescents are going to be the next big
>>> environmental mess on the scale of MtBE!
>>
>> I hear that GE has an incandesent that is at least as efficient as a
>> CFL... Anyone have any details?
>
> The only thing on the scope that I know of are LED's and I suspect we
>will be seeing a lot of them in the next five years. CF's may well go down
>and be replaced with LED's.

This is going to happen, and I like LEDs, but given the rate at which
LEDs have been advancing in efficiency and overall cost-effectiveness I
think it will be at least a decade before most home lighting is done with
LEDs.

LEDs have had incremental advances, so far almost specialty by specialty
for now. They work great in flashlights since they excel in lower wattage
battery-powered applications, and they excel in traffic signals since
incandescents are compromised in efficiency there by long-life design and
color filters removing some of their light while LEDs normally prefer to
specialize in producing colored light.

- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)

Posted by M Q on June 5, 2007, 2:52 pm
Noozer wrote:

...
> I hear that GE has an incandesent that is at least as efficient as a CFL...
> Anyone have any details?
...

I doubt that. But they do have a technology that is seems to be
about 25% more efficient (for the same or better life).
Unfortunately they deployed it in very few bulbs. The only ones
that I knew of were PAR38 outdoor flood and T3 quartz halogen bulb
to replace 300 watt (used only 225 and put out same light).
Unfortunately, neither seems to be available anymore.


Posted by HeyBub on June 5, 2007, 3:17 pm
Noozer wrote:
>> Those compact fluorescents are going to be the next big
>> environmental mess on the scale of MtBE!
>
> I hear that GE has an incandesent that is at least as efficient as a
> CFL... Anyone have any details?
>
> As efficient as CFLs are, they are relatively complicated devices.
> There must be other solutions out there that doesn't involve such a
> complicated device for such a simple task.

Kerosene lamp?



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