pippin;693781 Wrote: > They are just coming back here in Germany because people found out that > a) the power consumption reduction claims were grossly wrong and > b) that "energy saver" lamps are poisonous, hard to get rid of when > broken (you can't just throw them away) and make bad light. > > I just found brand-new 100W light bulbs in a store close to me, they > found new loopholes in the legislation. > > Must have missed those > > The whole thing is grossly exaggerated. My whole permanent > entertainment setup (and that includes test equipment I use) including > two servers and 7 SBs consumes about as much power in standby as one of > these lamps my better half always leaves on running the whole day and we > have a lot of lamps here. And no, I'm not even talking about the old, > bright filament lamps I still use in some places.
I must admit that I hate the majority of low-energy lamps, especially the ones that take 5 minutes to reach full brightness. The LED spots cost a small fortune and are much too intense. The better option for now looks like halogen bulbs and their consumption is claimed to be 25% - 30% lower than that of filament lamps. -- TopGeek Licenced radio amateur. Electronics/IT engineer. Translator of Dutch and French to English. Received SBR as a Christmas present 2011. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TopGeek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93914 _______________________________________________ squeezenetwork mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezenetwork
