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Re: First post: Fluorescent lighting
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Hi Phil,
Excellent!! This looks like the answer to the 'what is it good for?'
question
most TC dinker get. It could be the power company doesn't want to save
energy.
I do have some questions.
Is the input power 6 watts to the coil? If so what kind of RF generator
are you using and what is its efficiency?
If one was going to replace ballast xformers lots of things come to mind.
RFI, ruggedness, cost, reliability. It sounds like the bulb efficiency
might out
weigh the disadvantages.
Just thinking out loud
Dave Huffman
snip
> It doesn't take much imagination to see the potential savings in energy.
> Considering that in conventional systems, both the lamp and the ballast
> transformer will dissipate considerable heat loss, this method will
> produce light with no detectable heat loss, and at improved efficiency.
> If we were to consider that a typical ballast transformer wasted no
> energy in the form of heat, lighting a fluorescent lamp using only 6
> watts as compared to 40 watts is an 85% reduction is power consumption.
> If this technique were applied nationwide, the U.S. could reduce total
> power consumption by about 42.5%.
>
> So, that is what I have in a nutshell. Any comments?
>
> Phil Gantt