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dbzdanny (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
on the 4foot Fluorescent they have diffrent colors warm white @ cool white. does the warm whites go under a diffrent name cus i cant find any warm whites.
ForestJay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, all flourescent lights require ballasts.
shortee4204real (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Uuuuhhh....do really large compact fluorescent bulbs require ballasts?
jecwhiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Neon lights with colors are actually argon with phosphor that excites with UV just like fluorescent lights, you may have seen fluorescent lights with different colors. So it is not paint, if you notice blue, purple, pink, & some neon light colors are white when off, but lit in color when on. It's really argon with phosphor coating. But orange neon is the true real neon. Yellow has yellow tubes. & yes SeikoPsycho, I agree, did you know that they did make colored fluorescent tubes without paint
ForestJay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Watch the solid state lighting video (episode V) it talks about mercury and LED lights.
jecwhiz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Can you consider how much more energy are used to make CFL? They use FOUR times more energy to MAKE CFL than incandescent...also consider mercury inside it & the extra plastics to throw away. Also there are reports of them flaming up. The older heavier magnetic CFL made in the 80s and 90s were MUCH better and lasted promised hours. I want USA products or at least made in some countries that don't make junk like where now CFL are made in! Also there are reports that other planets are warming up.
fcharrua (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Have you noticed that no one recycles regular light bulbs? I find it hard to believe that they will recycle CFLs. I think they will simply be shipped to a 3rd world country and buried.
ForestJay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes, take a look at episode V as an example.
vmelkon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yes and also they haven't proposed any ways to recycle them. Back to the drawing board Mr light bulb engineers.
raursf (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I invite everyone to read this article on CFL:(Youtube usually blocks URLs, so copy the "URL below and replace the + signs with dots)sound+westhost+com/articles/incandescent+htm#in2 |
