[ale] OT: Office lighting

[James P. Kinney III]

I have been replacing all of my incandescent bulbs in my house with the
compact fluorescent. I ahve been having no noticeable problems with any
of the electronics in the house. It also helps keep the heat down as
they run much cooler that the hot wire bulbs. Unfortunately, the
compacts are only available in one "color". Having a "cool" and "warm"
tube side by side in a box lighting around the room with a bright white
ceiling makes for a great "lit ceiling" for indirect lighting. Wire the
lights on 2 circuits so you can turn on just half at a time for low
level needs.

As far as interference goes, just keeping the case closed on the box
works wonders. Good quality ethernet cable is unaffected by light noise.
However, if you start seeing a 60 cycle line streaking by on your
monitor, the ballast on the light is about to croak.

Halogen lights "look" better but are screaming hot. Some of the newer
low voltage halogens put off much less heat but they are really
expensive to install.

A note on using fluorescents: Don't turn them on and off. They use the
most power when turning them on. It uses less power to leave them on all
day than to power-cycle them 3 times during that day.

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 08:56, Geoffrey wrote:
> I'm in the process of finishing up my new home office and was hoping to 
> pick some brains here.  I'm currently working with a couple table lamps 
> strategically placed along with a ceiling fan/light kit.  Total 3 bulbs, 
> 120 watts.  I didn't want to use flouresent lighting as I didn't want 
> interference from the lamps to screw with on my electonics in here.  I 
> know, I know, the ceiling fan has a HUGE motor, but it's a necessity 
> until I get the air conditioning installed. :)  Thing is, all offices 
> have flouresent lighting.  I know it's cheaper, but it is better on the 
> eyes?  Am I worrying needlessly over the flouresent issue?
> 
> Any pointers would be appreciated as I've checked various web sites on 
> 'home office' lighting computer and they still often suggest flouresent.
> 
> -- 
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
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> 
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