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 Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:21 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:02 am
Well for the using body heat part: I forget exactly where (I'll try to find it for you later and edit this post), but last week I was reading an article where they mentioned that certain airlines are going to be using the body heat on (I think) international flights to power the inside lights of the plane. I wonder what other types of applications this technology can be used for?
About energy efficient lighting, there was an interesting article on that in Popular Mechanics. Is it a monthly magazine? Because then I'll say it was in either this month's or last month's issue. The one with the big Area 51 article. It was about how there's legislation in the works stating what type of light bulbs we'll be able to use, and how the old high powered ones may be a thing of the past. I don't like that they're trying to say what we can and can't use. Personally we use CFL bulbs in all of our light fixtures and I think they suck. They take forever to brighten up and even then, they're not as bright as the old bulbs. For most places that's fine, but I'd like to have a normal bulb in the bathroom so I can actually see myself in the mirror.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:36 am
Vanilla eXee
Well for the using body heat part: I forget exactly where (I'll try to find it for you later and edit this post), but last week I was reading an article where they mentioned that certain airlines are going to be using the body heat on (I think) international flights to power the inside lights of the plane. I wonder what other types of applications this technology can be used for?
About energy efficient lighting, there was an interesting article on that in Popular Mechanics. Is it a monthly magazine? Because then I'll say it was in either this month's or last month's issue. The one with the big Area 51 article. It was about how there's legislation in the works stating what type of light bulbs we'll be able to use, and how the old high powered ones may be a thing of the past. I don't like that they're trying to say what we can and can't use. Personally we use CFL bulbs in all of our light fixtures and I think they suck. They take forever to brighten up and even then, they're not as bright as the old bulbs. For most places that's fine, but I'd like to have a normal bulb in the bathroom so I can actually see myself in the mirror.if they really cared thed use leds, but did u know theres a patent 4 spiral death bulbs to have a feature where flicker rates can be controled?
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:31 pm
Hoshioni Vanilla eXee
Well for the using body heat part: I forget exactly where (I'll try to find it for you later and edit this post), but last week I was reading an article where they mentioned that certain airlines are going to be using the body heat on (I think) international flights to power the inside lights of the plane. I wonder what other types of applications this technology can be used for?
About energy efficient lighting, there was an interesting article on that in Popular Mechanics. Is it a monthly magazine? Because then I'll say it was in either this month's or last month's issue. The one with the big Area 51 article. It was about how there's legislation in the works stating what type of light bulbs we'll be able to use, and how the old high powered ones may be a thing of the past. I don't like that they're trying to say what we can and can't use. Personally we use CFL bulbs in all of our light fixtures and I think they suck. They take forever to brighten up and even then, they're not as bright as the old bulbs. For most places that's fine, but I'd like to have a normal bulb in the bathroom so I can actually see myself in the mirror.if they really cared thed use leds, but did u know theres a patent 4 spiral death bulbs to have a feature where flicker rates can be controled?
Maybe I just have bad eyesight, but I don't really like LEDs for the purpose of lighting rooms either. My boyfriend's stepfather has a mag-light and he paid the extra whatever to get an LED bulb, again it kinda sucks. I was using it to look for something at night and I could barely even see the light. Though they could just be poor quality I guess.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:51 pm
Vanilla eXee Hoshioni Vanilla eXee
Well for the using body heat part: I forget exactly where (I'll try to find it for you later and edit this post), but last week I was reading an article where they mentioned that certain airlines are going to be using the body heat on (I think) international flights to power the inside lights of the plane. I wonder what other types of applications this technology can be used for?
About energy efficient lighting, there was an interesting article on that in Popular Mechanics. Is it a monthly magazine? Because then I'll say it was in either this month's or last month's issue. The one with the big Area 51 article. It was about how there's legislation in the works stating what type of light bulbs we'll be able to use, and how the old high powered ones may be a thing of the past. I don't like that they're trying to say what we can and can't use. Personally we use CFL bulbs in all of our light fixtures and I think they suck. They take forever to brighten up and even then, they're not as bright as the old bulbs. For most places that's fine, but I'd like to have a normal bulb in the bathroom so I can actually see myself in the mirror.if they really cared thed use leds, but did u know theres a patent 4 spiral death bulbs to have a feature where flicker rates can be controled?
Maybe I just have bad eyesight, but I don't really like LEDs for the purpose of lighting rooms either. My boyfriend's stepfather has a mag-light and he paid the extra whatever to get an LED bulb, again it kinda sucks. I was using it to look for something at night and I could barely even see the light. Though they could just be poor quality I guess.well there different yes, even if you cannot see the difference. the best bulbs are the sunlight imitateing ones. but regular old fashioned ones are best
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:59 pm
Hoshioni Vanilla eXee Hoshioni Vanilla eXee
Well for the using body heat part: I forget exactly where (I'll try to find it for you later and edit this post), but last week I was reading an article where they mentioned that certain airlines are going to be using the body heat on (I think) international flights to power the inside lights of the plane. I wonder what other types of applications this technology can be used for?
About energy efficient lighting, there was an interesting article on that in Popular Mechanics. Is it a monthly magazine? Because then I'll say it was in either this month's or last month's issue. The one with the big Area 51 article. It was about how there's legislation in the works stating what type of light bulbs we'll be able to use, and how the old high powered ones may be a thing of the past. I don't like that they're trying to say what we can and can't use. Personally we use CFL bulbs in all of our light fixtures and I think they suck. They take forever to brighten up and even then, they're not as bright as the old bulbs. For most places that's fine, but I'd like to have a normal bulb in the bathroom so I can actually see myself in the mirror.if they really cared thed use leds, but did u know theres a patent 4 spiral death bulbs to have a feature where flicker rates can be controled?
Maybe I just have bad eyesight, but I don't really like LEDs for the purpose of lighting rooms either. My boyfriend's stepfather has a mag-light and he paid the extra whatever to get an LED bulb, again it kinda sucks. I was using it to look for something at night and I could barely even see the light. Though they could just be poor quality I guess.well there different yes, even if you cannot see the difference. the best bulbs are the sunlight imitateing ones.
Full spectrum? I have one for my tortoise, it really does a great job of illuminating. Too pricey to use in every fixture though.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:16 pm
LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright.
My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:12 pm
Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:33 pm
Vanilla eXee Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.As long as you aren't breaking them and inhaling or eating what comes out you're probably not in that much danger. There's still the problem of disposing of the bulbs when they eventually burn out though. That's a lot of mercury in landfills. Or if it's necessary to dispose of them as hazardous waste then that sort of offsets any energy savings.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:36 pm
Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.As long as you aren't breaking them and inhaling or eating what comes out you're probably not in that much danger. There's still the problem of disposing of the bulbs when they eventually burn out though. That's a lot of mercury in landfills. Or if it's necessary to dispose of them as hazardous waste then that sort of offsets any energy savings.
No chance of recycling them? I thought they could do that with old thermometers, harvest the mercury and reuse it?
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:43 pm
Vanilla eXee Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.As long as you aren't breaking them and inhaling or eating what comes out you're probably not in that much danger. There's still the problem of disposing of the bulbs when they eventually burn out though. That's a lot of mercury in landfills. Or if it's necessary to dispose of them as hazardous waste then that sort of offsets any energy savings.
No chance of recycling them? I thought they could do that with old thermometers, harvest the mercury and reuse it?I'd say they could, but again with the costs involved. I'm not convinced that CFLs are any more efficient than incandescents in the long run. And how many people are going to collect their old CFLs and take them to be recycled? I'm certainly not going to.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:47 pm
Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.As long as you aren't breaking them and inhaling or eating what comes out you're probably not in that much danger. There's still the problem of disposing of the bulbs when they eventually burn out though. That's a lot of mercury in landfills. Or if it's necessary to dispose of them as hazardous waste then that sort of offsets any energy savings.
No chance of recycling them? I thought they could do that with old thermometers, harvest the mercury and reuse it?I'd say they could, but again with the costs involved. I'm not convinced that CFLs are any more efficient than incandescents in the long run. And how many people are going to collect their old CFLs and take them to be recycled? I'm certainly not going to.
Well if they had recycling drop boxes in common areas that most people go once a week like shopping centers, it wouldn't be too much trouble to just drop them off while doing errands. But I think that forcing people to use them is ridiculous. There's absolutely no need for that.
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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:49 pm
Vanilla eXee Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus Vanilla eXee Obscurus LEDs are actually super bright. I have a mini LED flashlight and it's super bright. Maybe the batteries in your boyfriend's stepfather's flashlight were just bad. LEDs are normally almost uncomfortably bright. My concern with CFLs is that they contain mercury. That's really the only thing right now.
Could be, that or I need my eyes checked.
Assuming you don't break it, wouldn't the mercury be ok because it's contained? One time I accidentally broke a Mercury Vapor Bulb by splashing water on it. There was a big pop noise and a little cloud of sorts that flew out of it.As long as you aren't breaking them and inhaling or eating what comes out you're probably not in that much danger. There's still the problem of disposing of the bulbs when they eventually burn out though. That's a lot of mercury in landfills. Or if it's necessary to dispose of them as hazardous waste then that sort of offsets any energy savings.
No chance of recycling them? I thought they could do that with old thermometers, harvest the mercury and reuse it?I'd say they could, but again with the costs involved. I'm not convinced that CFLs are any more efficient than incandescents in the long run. And how many people are going to collect their old CFLs and take them to be recycled? I'm certainly not going to.
Well if they had recycling drop boxes in common areas that most people go once a week like shopping centers, it wouldn't be too much trouble to just drop them off while doing errands. But I think that forcing people to use them is ridiculous. There's absolutely no need for that. I agree.
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