Guess what I just bought?

Kudo's USC, man you are smart.
My razzing sucks, you'll do extreemly well on that. I've read so much about mechanics being baffled by it. It's higher level electronics which is your stike zone. Good on ya, and good luck with the effort. That's doing something in the new age economy.
 
Topspin said:
Kudo's USC, man you are smart.
My razzing sucks, you'll do extreemly well on that. I've read so much about mechanics being baffled by it. It's higher level electronics which is your stike zone. Good on ya, and good luck with the effort. That's doing something in the new age economy.
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Me R smert ? Gee thanks I dunno whut ta sez.
 
"Guess what I just bought?"

My answer - A 30-30 rifle like the one I bought when I was 14. I am feeling nostalgic.:)
 
I just cleaned my high powered rifles a while back and wrapped them up for handing off to the grandchildren after I am gone. sigh... Can't shoot them any more because of my back...
 
theMAJORITY said:
Yep--a whole case of 100 watt incondecent light bulbs. I am going to need more for the rest of my days tough--so I think I will go shopping again tomarrow. If I can run a toyota prius off the road on the way to the supermarket--all the sweeter for me. :)
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You'd better stock up on them for generations - stupid libruls
 
If you can't buy a 100W then y'all will have to add a second fixture and buy two 60W. They put out about the same amount of light, since efficiency of incandescents increases with wattage.

BTW I installed some compact flouresent floodlights around my house. They put out a nice even light, but take 5 minutes to warm up when its cold. So I have to have them on longer.
 
theMAJORITY said:
Yep--a whole case of 100 watt incondecent light bulbs. I am going to need more for the rest of my days tough--so I think I will go shopping again tomarrow. If I can run a toyota prius off the road on the way to the supermarket--all the sweeter for me. :)
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I am often suprised by how many people are self destructive. I always thought many conservatives were self loathing.
 
I've been using the screw-in flourescents for years. They do save money, paying for themselves in less than six months, and the ones I have come on instantly. You must have stumbled across a bad batch. When they first came out, some had a turn-on delay. Now, I haven't seen one like that in a while. Nearly every bulb in our house is now a screw-in flourescent, except for odd-shaped ones, fridge and oven bulbs, etc.

And I didn't need government to tell me that they were a good idea. Nor does anyone else.

Lots of people use them now. I find it humorous that the govt is the last (as usual) to realize they are a good idea. Of course, the Fed has no business telling us what light bulbs we must use... but they have no business doing more than half the things they do nowadays.

We need more conservatives in government - not leftists like Hillary, Edwards, or Obama, or halfnhalfs like GWB or McCain - to start winnowing the government away from this insane desire to control every part of our lives.
 
The littel screw in flourescents do better in cold than most of the long tube type flourescents do. if really cold they are dim for a little while but at least come on unlike many of the dual tube fixtures. I have them in my barn.
 
Little-Acorn said:
I've been using the screw-in flourescents for years. They do save money, paying for themselves in less than six months, and the ones I have come on instantly. You must have stumbled across a bad batch. When they first came out, some had a turn-on delay. Now, I haven't seen one like that in a while. Nearly every bulb in our house is now a screw-in flourescent, except for odd-shaped ones, fridge and oven bulbs, etc.

And I didn't need government to tell me that they were a good idea. Nor does anyone else.

Lots of people use them now. I find it humorous that the govt is the last (as usual) to realize they are a good idea. Of course, the Fed has no business telling us what light bulbs we must use... but they have no business doing more than half the things they do nowadays.

We need more conservatives in government - not leftists like Hillary, Edwards, or Obama, or halfnhalfs like GWB or McCain - to start winnowing the government away from this insane desire to control every part of our lives.
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I have the damn things all over the house. I love 'em. They do come on instant like but take a while to reach full illumination, especially in cold installations. I put one in a stairwell to the basement and need to change back to an incandecent because its too dim when I turn it on and by the time its warmed up I've been out of the space for a while.

They don't work in our neighborhood pool house bathrooms. These have presence switches that turn the lights on when you go in, and off when you leave. The switches do something to the voltage and the compacts just flicker like hell. Try pissing in strobe light.

I have one at the top of my driveway on a solar cell and that works fine. Its dim for the first few minutes but stays on all night so thats not a detriment.

The government screwed up again by getting involved with this thing. Just like most new products the high efficiency bulbs don't replace old bulbs in all situations.

It appears that the Democrats are only for choice when it involves killing innocent babies.
 
Southern Man said:
I have the damn things all over the house. I love 'em. They do come on instant like but take a while to reach full illumination, especially in cold installations. I put one in a stairwell to the basement and need to change back to an incandecent because its too dim when I turn it on and by the time its warmed up I've been out of the space for a while.

They don't work in our neighborhood pool house bathrooms. These have presence switches that turn the lights on when you go in, and off when you leave. The switches do something to the voltage and the compacts just flicker like hell. Try pissing in strobe light.

I have one at the top of my driveway on a solar cell and that works fine. Its dim for the first few minutes but stays on all night so thats not a detriment.

The government screwed up again by getting involved with this thing. Just like most new products the high efficiency bulbs don't replace old bulbs in all situations.

It appears that the Democrats are only for choice when it involves killing innocent babies.
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Most motion switches use an SCR to turn on the light, does not work with inductive loads like motors or flourescents. Some of the motion switches have a relay though and will work fine.
 
uscitizen said:
Most motion switches use an SCR to turn on the light, does not work with inductive loads like motors or flourescents. Some of the motion switches have a relay though and will work fine.
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All greek to me. The bottom line is that the government didn't take that into account when it wrote this new law.

This is similar to their 1.6 gallon flush toilet law a few years back. Now most people fush several times when they take a dump.
 
Southern Man said:
All greek to me. The bottom line is that the government didn't take that into account when it wrote this new law.

This is similar to their 1.6 gallon flush toilet law a few years back. Now most people fush several times when they take a dump.
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Hmm My low gallon flush toilet works fine. Perhaps I am just not as full of it as some....

btw there are no perfect soloutions. The flourescents do not work with dimmers either.
And Hybrid autos do not allow you to spend as much money on gas.
 
uscitizen said:
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btw there are no perfect soloutions. The flourescents do not work with dimmers either.
And Hybrid autos do not allow you to spend as much money on gas.
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A Hybrid would not make sense with me, because I do mainly highway driving. Any money that I would save in gas, if any, would never pay for the additional cost of the vehicle.
 
Southern Man said:
A Hybrid would not make sense with me, because I do mainly highway driving. Any money that I would save in gas, if any, would never pay for the additional cost of the vehicle.
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Right now no, it is the same for me. But I will be getting one thru my business since repairing them is going to be part of my business.
Nice tax advantage :)
 
and now with the increased depreciation rates coming up....

My little hybrid will technically be training equipment.
Not sure how much I will get to drive it though :(
 
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