http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17022 Anonymous Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:05:51 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17022 I just saw my first catalogue ad for an LED replacement bulb in a catalogue called x-tremegeek. (x-tremegeek.com item 250-0176) For anyone thats ever had one of those little pocket LED flashlights, it would stand to reason that this is lighting technology of the future, in terms of brightness and low wattage used. Intro pricing of this item seems prohibitive at this time, just as compact flourescents were when introduced. I just saw my first catalogue ad for an LED replacement bulb in a catalogue called x-tremegeek. (x-tremegeek.com item 250-0176) For anyone thats ever had one of those little pocket LED flashlights, it would stand to reason that this is lighting technology of the future, in terms of brightness and low wattage used. Intro pricing of this item seems prohibitive at this time, just as compact flourescents were when introduced.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17021 Anonymous Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:58:36 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17021 Uhh... your girlfriend, maybe? Uhh… your girlfriend, maybe?

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17020 Anonymous Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:35:46 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17020 In addition to the comments posted above, you might consider contacting your electric company. Most comcpanies will come to your home & do a residential audit (usually for free) which could show where you are wasting electricity & what you can do to reduce your electric bill. In addition to the comments posted above, you might consider contacting your electric company. Most comcpanies will come to your home & do a residential audit (usually for free) which could show where you are wasting electricity & what you can do to reduce your electric bill.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17019 Anonymous Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:01:39 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17019 Hello, At work we use AC power meters like the <a HREF="http://www.instek.com/" rel="nofollow">Instek</a>'s <a HREF="http://www.instek.com/pdf/GPM-8212.pdf" rel="nofollow">GPM-8212</a> to test our hardware, but it is a really not a product intended—or priced—for home use. You might want to look at <a HREF="http://www.doubleed.com/" rel="nofollow">Electronic Eduational Devices</a>' <a HREF="https://www.doubleed.com/products.html" rel="nofollow">Watts Up? PRO</a> for measuring the power consumption of your AC devices. It has a serial interface and stores data in CSV format, which makes it easy to import into a spreadsheet if you don't want to use the included graphing application. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Hello,
At work we use AC power meters like the Instek's GPM-8212 to test our hardware, but it is a really not a product intended—or priced—for home use. You might want to look at Electronic Eduational Devices' Watts Up? PRO for measuring the power consumption of your AC devices. It has a serial interface and stores data in CSV format, which makes it easy to import into a spreadsheet if you don't want to use the included graphing application.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17018 Anonymous Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:53:49 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17018 Hey Chris, check out something like the Killawatt. You can see one place that sells it here: http://www.supermediastore.com/kilwateldet1.html That was the first hit on google I found. You plug your appliance/device into this, and it will show you how much electricity it's pulling. Might help out! Chad Hey Chris, check out something like the Killawatt. You can see one place that sells it here: http://www.supermediastore.com/kilwateldet1.html
That was the first hit on google I found.
You plug your appliance/device into this, and it will show you how much electricity it's pulling. Might help out!
Chad

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17017 Anonymous Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:49:19 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17017 It would be awesome if there was something you could install in between the lines coming from the outside and your home and it can report back how much energy was being consumed by each appliance or electric component. How feasable is that in the next few years? I think its possible now. <a href="mailto:daniel@amplitude-x.com" rel="nofollow">-Dan</a> It would be awesome if there was something you could install in between the lines coming from the outside and your home and it can report back how much energy was being consumed by each appliance or electric component.
How feasable is that in the next few years? I think its possible now.
-Dan

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17016 Anonymous Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:21:12 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2005/03/22/compact-fluorescent-bulbs/#comment-17016 Hey Chris - this link over at <a href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/question272.htm" rel="nofollow">HowStuffWorks</a> might help. Thanks, Hal <a href="http://hal.lco.net" rel="nofollow">http://hal.lco.net</a> Hey Chris – this link over at HowStuffWorks might help.
Thanks,
Hal
http://hal.lco.net

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