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| tabbypurr@gmail.com: May 08 02:00PM -0700 On Tuesday, 8 May 2018 12:09:11 UTC+1, J.B. Wood wrote: > > Not so. For a project I tested the strike rate using switch contacts instead of a glow starter. It was 100%. The reason glowstarters extinguish the lamp is purely because they're horrible glowstarters - excluding the few cases where the lamp extinguishes itself due to it failing. > > NT > Hello, and I fail to understand what you mean by "horrible". As I said: > pushbutton most likely enables the filaments to heat the cathodes to an > optimum temperature for starting and thus more likely start the lamp > first time. Sincerely, as I already explained, my experiment & product showed that guess to not be the case. NT |
| "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com>: May 09 06:41AM -0400 > as I already explained, my experiment & product showed that guess to not be the case. > NT Hello, and I believe my last OP supports the result you are obtaining as compared to operation with a glow switch. In your previous post you have reported a cause and effect but no accompanying hypothesis of why that result differs. I have attempted to explain things using established electrical theory ("theory" taken to mean "fact" in a science/engineering context). But my responses to your posts were provoked by the disdain you have for glow starters. While glow starters are arguably obsolete technology, you fail to demonstrate why they are "horrible" and that's why I initially responded. So I would conclude you have provided an opinion, unsupported by theory. I have nothing further to add. Sincerely, -- J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: May 09 05:40AM -0700 There is no reason on this planet to maintain a starter-based fluorescent fixture as such. a) It is an energy pig. b) The lamps required contain a relatively large amount of mercury. c) They are relatively short-lived. d) There is an LED equivalent available for very nearly every vintage fluorescent lamp ever made in any quantity. So, whether one type of Luddite-approved technology is better than another does not change the fact that it remains Luddite-Approved technology. Now, in answer to Tom's question on what to do with his "new" lamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNYpxc6stMo Peter Wieck Melrose Park, PA |
| "J.B. Wood" <arl_123234@hotmail.com>: May 09 12:06PM -0400 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNYpxc6stMo > Peter Wieck > Melrose Park, PA Hello, and aren't you the same Peter from over at rec.antiques.radio+phono that I would assume appreciates having access to that luddite tech such as vacuum tubes? I have a few antique soft drink and beer advertising signs that use fluorescent tubes, coil ballasts and starters. It's nice to know I can still inexpensively and easily maintain them in original condition without having to rely on used or NOS (at least for now) components. (I don't turn the signs on every day so the lamps and starters tend to last a very long time.) Antique and nostalgia issues aside, there are cogent arguments, as you point out, for replacing the innards of an assembly with newer tech, if feasible (cost of components, fits the footprint of the enclosure, etc.) Otherwise dispose/recycle it and purchase a modern equivalent. Sincerely, -- J. B. Wood e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com |
| "pfjw@aol.com" <peterwieck33@gmail.com>: May 08 09:56AM -0700 On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 12:24:46 PM UTC-4, Sofa Slug wrote: >Various< You miss the point. (Insert name here) is not seeking information. It is seeking engagement and endless discussion of inconsequential trivia. Please do not feed the troll. |
| root <NoEMail@home.org>: May 08 08:33PM > BTW, 8.3/8.6 KFLA is MIA - just bars and tone for many months now. > There is a forum for LA DTV channels here: ><http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-local-hdtv-info-reception/191672-los-angeles-ca-ota-341.html> Thanks for responding. When I posted my original cry for help I thought the numbers I was looking for were related to frequency or FCC or something like that. I have since learned that the numbers have no such meaning, they are assigned by ontvtonight.com to distinquish directory listings for the various channels. I was looking for a FREE source of schedule information for OTA channels and I needed these numbers to fetch the (daily) schedule for each desired channel. I welcome suggestions for any online source of schedule information. For the purpose of cord-cutting it would be desirable to be able to read schedule information from the OTA signals themselves or from a dedicated OTA channel. Right now my (homemade) PVR reads the next day's schedule at 12:01 am. |
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