bingo! (eventually)

[Adie]

Energy saving lamps: Ive finally figured out how they work. Simple really.

You too may have noticed the delay in illuminating when switched on - well
this is the key, they actually slow down the electricity hence they use
less of it.

Clever stuff eh?

 

[Active8]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:39:04 -0500, John Fields wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:07:15 +0100, Adie <usenet@dont-listen.net
wrote:

Energy saving lamps: Ive finally figured out how they work. Simple really.

You too may have noticed the delay in illuminating when switched on - well
this is the key, they actually slow down the electricity hence they use
less of it.

Clever stuff eh?

---
That's not it at all. What they're doing when they first turn on is
measuring the ambient light, then only allowing enough current to flow
through the filament to generate the illumination required to overcome
the ambient lighting enough to achieve, locally, the lumens printed
on the package. They have to do it slowly, though, otherwise the lamp
will oscillate, which is very annoying. Try this experiment for
yourself: First, turn on one of the lamps outside on a sunny day and
notice how bright it gets when it warms up, then take the same lamp
and turn it on in a dark room. Notice how much brighter it gets?

That sounds like a no shitter to me, John, but you let that cross
post slide over to alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk.

I wonder how many flonkies that will attract
--
Best Regards,
Mike

 

[John Fields]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:07:15 +0100, Adie <usenet@dont-listen.net>
wrote:

Energy saving lamps: Ive finally figured out how they work. Simple really.

You too may have noticed the delay in illuminating when switched on - well
this is the key, they actually slow down the electricity hence they use
less of it.

Clever stuff eh?

---
That's not it at all. What they're doing when they first turn on is
measuring the ambient light, then only allowing enough current to flow
through the filament to generate the illumination required to overcome
the ambient lighting enough to achieve, locally, the lumens printed
on the package. They have to do it slowly, though, otherwise the lamp
will oscillate, which is very annoying. Try this experiment for
yourself: First, turn on one of the lamps outside on a sunny day and
notice how bright it gets when it warms up, then take the same lamp
and turn it on in a dark room. Notice how much brighter it gets?

--
John Fields