>I have also started using high efficiency compact
>fluorescents (bulb replacements) but if you have ever
>opened one of these they use a lot of small parts run
>very close to their limits, again designed to last
>a number of weeks and fail.

        In Brazil they are beginning to be common. Around $10 for a lamp (!!!).=
 Lasts a bit longer, but not much, than an incandescent one.


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Alexandre Souza
taito@terra.com.br
http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/

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