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paolo,Apr 18 2007, 06:35 PM Wrote:then they need to ensure that all cfls are dimmable by the deadline.. otherwise some government building will have dozens of lightbulbs smashed onto.
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The problem with dimmable flourescents is that the efficiency savings are lost once you run it under the 100%. Opposite of incadescents.

You need to maintain a minumum power level to maintain the electron flow and gas ionization. It's this threshold power that consumes 70% of the total power used for the lamp.

The problem with making laws like this is that the idiots in charge have no idea of the science involved.

Everyone here knows how flourescents work, right? Unlike incadescents, flourescents lamps are considered hazardous waste. Everyone will think they're great until the waste collection stops taking them in the garbage and start making you return them to a hazardous waste depot, probably for a fee.