"Rod Speed"
** You did not read the damn article.
The preamble is not the article !!
FUCKWIT !!
** You did not read the damn article.
The preamble is not the article !!
FUCKWIT !!
** Completely irrelevant to what the advice is about.
You did not read the damn article.
The preamble is not the article !!
FUCKWIT !!
** You did not read the damn article.
The preamble is not the article !!
FUCKWIT !!
....... Phil
If you know the guy that did that article, this might be of interest
for further research by those with knowledge of the systems:
A related matter involves C-Bus and similar "electronic home control"
systems.
Most of these systems IIRC support dimming, "soft on/off" etc which
would surely be
handled by a Triac based system. While these aren't common in homes
yet, they have been appearing in up-market and "smart" building
designs
EA (?) some years back also published kit construction details for
modules for switching/dimming bulbs even, and the dimmer ones used a
triac.
Some months ago I was talking to a manager of a local hotel/resort
complex, and the subject of lighting control systems came up, asking
if I could help with a problem they have.
They have an "electronic control system" system thats about 4 years
old ( I think C bus but not sure) that controls hundreds of bulbs in a
bar and restaurant area.
The comment made was "recently - regularly the units connected to the
bulbs are 'burning out', and have to be replaced at about $100 a
pop". The electrician says they are "probably under-rated as they are
failing repeatedly".
I havent seen the system or been to the premises and am not making
adverse comments on C-bus in particular.
After posting the link to "how many CFL's does it take to...." earlier
today the penny dropped.
Maybe they have been changing to CFLs in some fittings and maybe the
control system isnt designed for it ? I will have to find out if
they have recently changed bulbs, system might work great on
incandescent loads - but not be designed or intended to be used with
CFL, even dimmable ones. The repeated current spikes on dimmable CFL,
on triac dimmers - even if only one dimmer per bulb - used in large
numbers in commercial premises might make for some very nasty
intermittent problems with nuisance tripping of breakers, need for
thicker cabling, "dirty" power throughout the building etc.
With the current economic conditions, and if incandescent are banned
or become "politically incorrect to be seen by the public to be used,
commercial premises with these systems may start bulk installations of
CFL for "cost cutting".
