Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!crsp!pesnta!amd!hplabs!faunt From: faunt@hplabs.UUCP (Doug Faunt) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <1467@hplabs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Jan-85 17:27:41 EST Article-I.D.: hplabs.1467 Posted: Mon Jan 21 17:27:41 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 06:21:06 EST References: <-28400@cadovax.UUCP> <6100001@hpfclv.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 15 > > > I've also heard that light bulbs that last forever can be made, but you > > can't buy them, because G.E. (etc.) would lose money. > > Yes, lights batterys and nylons. There is a way around the light > problem though, you can insert a diode in the line to effectively half > wave rectify the ac current. This will cause the light bulb to burn > dimmer and thereby remain cooler. Heat, or 'burning up', is the > downfall of the filement in every light bulb. To maintain light output, You can also buy 130V bulbs to accomplish much the same thing. -- ....!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay HP is not responsible for anything I say here. In fact, it may have been generated by a noisy telephone line.