Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical question

[Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>]

I read somewhere (maybe this mailing list?) the the lifetime of
an incandescent light bulb is inversely proportional to the
sixth power of the voltage.  I.e. double the voltage, and the lifetime
is reduced 64x.  Hopefully motors aren't so bad in this regard.

Doug
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