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Old January 28th 09, 02:04 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Telamon wrote:
In article ,
dave wrote:

Telamon wrote:

No they are not the same. The old bulbs operated at 60 Hz and the new
smaller bulbs operate in the kilohertz range. The other problem is these
smaller bulbs are used closer to people increasing the UV damage.

There is no UV damage to increase. You get more UV from a few minutes
in the sun than you'd get from a year of sitting near a lamp.


That is not true according to measurements made by the British
government.

Edison base light fixtures are getting phased out; so hoarding bulbs is
silly.


No they are not. They are making the new florescence bulbs with the old
style base.

Read page 14, Sparky.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/...rms_Part-A.pdf