incand lamps debate [wasRe: [LINK] Here's one that will snag a few]

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> 
> On 21/02/2007, at 1:31 PM, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>>
>>> At 12:10 PM 21/02/2007, Craig Sanders wrote:
>>>
>>>> also, the heating from incand. light bulbs is all up near the  ceiling,
>>>> and has minimal effect on ground-level temperature.
>>>
>>>
>>> Uh, not in my house. I use table lamps and directed pole lamps.  
>>> Ceiling lights are either not bright enough or not directional  
>>> enough or glare too much on the telly or computer screen. I prefer  
>>> natural light during the day.
>>
>>
>> Has anyone ever seen how you can hold a fluro tube underneath one  of 
>> those large power lines and it will light up?
>>
>> Is there some sort of practical way that this sort of energy could  be 
>> used for small light sources, such as street lighting or similar?
>>
>> I don't know how much energy is required to do this, but in this  
>> modern age, surely it is possible to create some low energy  radiation 
>> that can be converted to chemical light somehow?    Nicolai Tesla 
>> certainly was interested in electricity distribution  in a similar 
>> manner,
>> but I am only talking about low level magnetic or radio waves that  
>> can be chemically converted into radiant light.
>>
>> Or have I been eating too many wine gums?
> 
> 
> Rachel: check out this WA teacher's work: http://tesladownunder.com/ 
> index.html

This is probably the relevant bit
<http://tesladownunder.com/LowVoltagePower.htm#Low%20voltage%20(but%20high%20current)>

I recall
a) my high school physics teacher (Perth, circa 1977)  doing a demo with 
the fluro lightbulb.
b)Uncle Festas in the Adams family doing a similar trick.

Marghanita
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