At 01:16 PM 7/27/99 -0400, Andy Kunz wrote:
>>  Andy, I'd have thought you'd be paying attention! :-)
>
>I was.
>
>>  Wagner did say flashing XENON light. This is a new technique.
>
>Different paragraph.  The original said:
>
>>Now tell me, isn't the yellow lamp stupid?  why not flash the green lamp
>>during the last 10 seconds of the "green" status?  Can you imagine the
>>savings? Lamps, relays, wires, supports, weight, cables...
>
>That is NOT a good idea.  The incandescent GREEN LAMP would be flashed for
>10 seconds.  The filament wouldn't last long.
>
>Andy

   Wagner's idea is still good. Use LEDs instead of incandescents, or
look at improved lamps that do not suffer from the thermal stress.
While green LED efficiency can not compare with red LEDs, there have
been major improvements. Obvioulsy flashing the red light would not work
since it has another meaning.

   - Tom

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Tom Handley
New Age Communications
Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs ;-)