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Re: Halogen pot lights

To: Jimmie Mayfield <mayfield+shoptalk@sackheads.org>
Subject: Re: Halogen pot lights
From: Pat Horne <pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:11:19 -0500
My recollection is that the life rating of a bulb is that by this many 
hours you will still have half of your bulbs still working. It's not a 
guarantee of what you will get, sort of like the government mileage 
rating for vehicles! Just one more thing to show the consumer how great 
a deal they are getting while they are getting screwed!

Jimmie Mayfield wrote:

> <snip>
>
>Then again, since it's an office environment, I'm assuming those lights are
>used 8-10 hours per day.  If a typical bulb is rated at 2000 hours, it would 
>last
>less than a year.
>
>  
>
> <snip>






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