[ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>wrote:

>  dimmer's save electricity too unless you
> keep them at max. most of the time.
>
> Not sure on that. Most dimmers are just a simple rheostat device (voltage
divider). They get pretty warm in use. Some are switches that vary the "on"
time to keep the lamp lit. Those will save power. But those also hum badly
and provide some nasty noise back into the AC line. Run a speaker cord near
a dimmer and listen for the fun.


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