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Re: NFC: light bulbs and tannins
Lights of America
>From: "Scott D. Goett" <sdgoett at ufl_edu>
>Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com
>To: nfc at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: NFC: light bulbs and tannins
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 22:04:06 -0500
>
>Forgive my ignorance - what is LOA (besides a country music song -
>love on
>arrival)?
>
>Scott
>
>
>Wright Huntley wrote:
>
> > George Davis wrote:
> > >
> > > I too have had problems with LOA dying. I would not buy another
>one nor
> > > use it if you gave it to me.
> > > George
> >
> > Thanks George,
> >
> > It's nice to know it isn't just me. LOA makes some fine, inexpensive
>stuff.
> > The dual 40W shop lights aren't them.
> >
> > For a really, true rip-off, buy some of those twisty CFs! They have no
>lamp
> > socket, so you have to throw ballast, screw base and all away, when they
> > blacken and die at somewhat less lifetime than a typical incandescent
>bulb.
> >
> > The twisty corkscrew design makes them more compact, but the amount of
> > restrike light skyrockets, so the efficiency is way lower than any biax
> > straight u-tube lamp, particularly in any reflector lamp housing.
> >
> > Wright
> >
> > --
> > Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679 huntleyone at home dot
>com
> >
> > Quit bashing Microsoft. They do very good things. They
> > hire the handicapped -- for example, utter morons
> > to compose all error messages.
> >
> > *** http://www.libertarian.org/ ***
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