[Tig] bulbs for the home

[Gustavo Gaiarsa]

Rob,

The choice for the fluorescent bulb in Brazil was a government  
suggestion in 2001, the year when Brazil almost suffered a shortage  
of energy that cam to be known as the "apagão".

It happens that suddenly the government discovered they didn't invest  
enough money in electrical power plants and due to the dry weather  
that year (most of Brazilian power supply comes from hydropower) the  
country could suffer from major power shortage.

Instead of investing in alternative power sources the government  
decided that everyone should use at least 20% less energy than we  
were used to, otherwise we would pay a bill and would even have our  
power diconnected, so one of the ways of achieving this saving was  
switching for these fluorescent bulbs.

I replaced some of my apartments bulbs for these fluorescent ones,  
but I don't like their color rendition (although there are some of  
then that produce yellow light) nor the way they flick.

Well, guess that's the kind of thing we must get used to when we live  
in a Third World country.

Gustavo Gaiarsa
post-producion supervisor
São Paulo - Brazil
phone / fax +5511.3061.0736
mobile +5511.8132.1516
skype: gu_gaiarsa
gustavo at finaliza.art.br
http://www.finaliza.art.br


Em 02/01/2007, às 17:01, Rob Lingelbach escreveu:

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> here in Brasil, the bulb of choice for the homeowner, apartment- 
> dweller, etc. is a screw-in fluorescent bulb which I remember, when  
> living in Burbank CA in 2002, as being one of  "the answers" to  
> energy efficiency.
>
> I don't like the spectrum emitted by these bulbs but I have a  
> feeling it differs according to the manufacturer.  The whole  
> "movement" towards fluorescent reminds me of the same surge toward  
> sodium light for the street, which is a sad replacement for the  
> more (for me) realistic mercury light.  And for the home, I admit  
> I'm very biased toward the incandescent bulb.
>
> I'm interested to hear more comments on this subject, as it has to  
> do with our seeing from day-to-day.
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> Rob
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