Hi Jim,

Your theory sounds interesting!

I have been using a lamp module (I modified it for the 240V in India) to
control two 60W bulbs for the past one and a half years. I don't think
there is significant difference between a lamp module and a wall switch
module (both from X10) in terms of their circuitry to control an
incandescent lamp.

Do you think an X10 lamp module also will prolong the life of a bulb?

Regards,
Bala



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim [mailto:jvpoll@DALLAS.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:18 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [EE]: Bulb Life, X-10 turn-on would seem to up life
>
> Also, the fact that I've got a bulb with years on it
> *yet* several cycles a day should also  lend credence
> to some method or mechanism in the X10 wall-switch module
> that prevent a FULL 170 Volts peak from being applied
> to a *cold* (amd low resistance) filament at random.
>
> Jim

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