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How many BYOACers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
garnerb350:
hehehe....Id never thought i'd see this here....it is funny. ( its not a dumb question, its just random) But as everybody here knows, we are basiclly family and we have to take care of our own.
--- Quote from: DashRendar on January 04, 2010, 11:43:03 am --- I suppose there could be an electrical problem that sends a surge when you flick them on and off which could be reducing the life of the bulbs, maybe.
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I agree with Dash, BUT that would be the extreme case...( I see where Dash is coming from...we dont know because we never been to your house)
Could it be maybe you just got a bad batch of bulbs?
Now I know that if I use lower wattage bulbs in my house, there is less light output...( example : a 40 w bulb in a 75 w fixture) but if the fixture says 60, I buy 60 watt bulbs...
CFLs or "pigtails" ( NC redneck term)... I used a couple for my outside porch lights and they are ok..but like Saint said:
--- Quote from: saint on January 04, 2010, 12:11:13 pm ---I don't like the light the CFLs give either.
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I dont like CFL...but here a site that can maybe help ya better... http://www.energy4you.net/aboutcfl.htm
And also I 100% agree with Ginsu on what he said... http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cfl.asp
"This isnt Kansas anymore....This is Pandor....(oops sorry wrong topic)"
FrizzleFried:
If it's a can light (recessed light), I had the same experiences with CFL's... those can lights trap heat and kill CFL's... I ended up just sticking to incandescent lights for all my can-light applications.
Hoopz:
I thought we had this covered:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=44853.0
NSFW link though for those who click through....
bkenobi:
I didn't see anything related to the question in the link, so I'll post anyway.
I have a similar problem in my house where some lights will flicker when I turn on the garbage disposal, when playing pinball, or when the TV in the arcade turns on. I thought it was bad fixtures (canned lights), but it turns out it's something even more stupid and virtually unsolvable.
As it turns out, the builder used one run of 4 conductor wire to wire up the garbage disposal and the front of the house (where the arcade stuff is). He put the disposal on one circuit and everything else on another, but he shared the neutral. As a result, the lights see a large voltage drop when anything high current is activated. The disposal is on its own circuit, but it provides cross talk via the neutral.
The solution is to rewire things, but that ain't gonna happen. I picked up some CFL's since they don't have filaments to burn out and don't need as much current so the current drop shouldn't affect them as much. They do flicker a bit, but not as much as they used to. Time will tell if this is a fix or not...
Anyway, if your lights are wired with a shared neutral from anything high current, you will get flickering and see higher bulb failure rates.
garnerb350:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on January 04, 2010, 03:43:44 pm ---I didn't see anything related to the question in the link, so I'll post anyway.
I have a similar problem in my house where some lights will flicker when I turn on the garbage disposal, when playing pinball, or when the TV in the arcade turns on. I thought it was bad fixtures (canned lights), but it turns out it's something even more stupid and virtually unsolvable.
As it turns out, the builder used one run of 4 conductor wire to wire up the garbage disposal and the front of the house (where the arcade stuff is). He put the disposal on one circuit and everything else on another, but he shared the neutral. As a result, the lights see a large voltage drop when anything high current is activated. The disposal is on its own circuit, but it provides cross talk via the neutral.
The solution is to rewire things, but that ain't gonna happen. I picked up some CFL's since they don't have filaments to burn out and don't need as much current so the current drop shouldn't affect them as much. They do flicker a bit, but not as much as they used to. Time will tell if this is a fix or not...
Anyway, if your lights are wired with a shared neutral from anything high current, you will get flickering and see higher bulb failure rates.
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Damn.......and that is why.... he is called bkenobi... :applaud: