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Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:35:11 +0000

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:53:07 +0000

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By: Angelo Tribble

Angelo Tribble — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:18:20 +0000

Patent Application, Need some resources and price comparisons. The one linked here cost several hundred from inception to completion. Is that the going price ?

By: FriendlyGrizzly

FriendlyGrizzly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:37:19 +0000

Momma: the screw-in CFs that flickered have been off the market for years; if any are left on the shelf it is because the shelf stockers did not rotate stock. Even the cheapies have electronic ballasts that step the frequency of the power quite high before it reaches the lamp itself.

This does NOT hold true for the 2-pin plug-in lamps with separate choke-ballasts found in things like porch fixtures and some fixtures used in bathrooms, but even those are going away.

By: FriendlyGrizzly

FriendlyGrizzly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:34:41 +0000

linkexpert: I hope like crazy you are being ironic here; if not, you sound like some pants-wetting, handwringing Prius driver.

If you drop a CF, you do exactly what your mom did when she dropped that fever thermometer.

a) grab a broom and dustpan
b) sweep up the mess
c) place in nearest wastebasket
d) if of a mind to do so, wash that part of the floor
e) go on with life

By: FriendlyGrizzly

FriendlyGrizzly — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:28:57 +0000

My profession is lighting engineering and design. The big problem with the screw-in, self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps is that most of the ones available at the consumer level are trash. Brand does not matter. Even the "name brands" come out of the Joy River Sunshine Collective #47, or the Our Peerless Hero Mao Labor Camp 3A, or other such delightful places in China. And that can change from week to week.

I daresay that I have seen more failures in the "name brands" than I have in the house brands or other names no one ever heard of.

The dedicated CFs (that is, 2- and 4-pin lamps with separate ballasts) are a quite honest and usable product. They do a remarkably good job in schools, office buildings, etc, and are quite reliable. You just don't find them in homes very much.

I am able to get commercial-grade screw-ins, and they work reasonably well. But I won't even let a hardware store or DIY-center lamp in the house.

By: RichardR

RichardR — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:20:45 +0000

I was looking around in WalMart yesterday and noticed that they are now making a compact florescent light that is enclosed in a frosted glass bulb that makes it look like an incandescent. You have to look closely to tell the difference. However, the price is the giveaway, about 10X.