>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>On Behalf Of Herbert Graf
>Sent: 23 January 2007 16:35
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [EE:] Mains outside
>
>
>On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 15:27 +0000, Alan B. Pearce wrote:
>> >Lamps in my house fail quickly because I seem to spend a 
>lot of time 
>> >going around the house turning them off, whilst my wife appears to 
>> >have the opposite goal...
>> 
>> My wife selectively has that problem as well, while simultaneously 
>> berating
>> me for using electricity by leaving lights on ...
>> 
>> Good reason to go with high efficiency bulbs, they last longer ...
>
>All the main lighting in my house has been switched over to 
>CFLs, and I'm very happy with the result.
>

I have CFLs in every location without a dimmer.  However, I still don't like to see them left on unnecessarily and the problem is that turning them on and off frequently causes them to fail prematurely.

I also have a few rooms with dimmer switches which most CFL's don't like. Is there a viable alternative to filament lamps if you want to use phase controlled dimming?

Regards

Mike

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