pathy@omssw1.UUCP (Mohan Venkatachalapathy) (05/17/86)
In article <5436@alice.uUCp> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >I have heard that those "lightbulb saver" gadgets (which I think, by >the way, are not thermistors but diodes) are not worth the money. >Reason: light bulbs are less efficient at lower temperatures. >If instead of using a diode you replace the light bulb with one of >lower wattage that gives the same amount of light, the extra efficiency >will save you enough electricity to pay for the light bulb by the >time it burns out. While we are on lightbulbs - are there any fluoroscent(sp?) lamps that produce light in almost the same spectral range (that warm yellow glow) as incandescent bulbs?