>
> I'm no fan of incandescent bulbs, but they certainly last more than "a few
> weeks" around here.  We have 120V mains here instead of 240V.  Do the 240V
> bulbs really last that much shorter or were you exaggerating a bit or do
you
> leave your lights on all the time?  Incandescent bulbs are inherently low
> voltage high current devices, and making a good 240V bulb is going to be
> harder than a good 120V bulb.
>
> How about using two 120V bulbs in series?
>
>
> ********************************************************************
> Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts

If two 120V bulbs in series works well, then why don't the manufacturers put
two 120V filaments in series in one envelope?

Or just create one filament, with the same wire, but twice as long?

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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