Comments on: Fried Lamp http://blog.mischel.com/2008/03/19/95/ Musings on technology and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:20:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jim http://blog.mischel.com/2008/03/19/95/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 Jim Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:14:47 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/2008/03/19/95/#comment-1383 It's a three-position switch: off, low, high. And I almost always ran it on low. It’s a three-position switch: off, low, high. And I almost always ran it on low.

]]> By: Roy Harvey http://blog.mischel.com/2008/03/19/95/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Roy Harvey Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:26:10 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/2008/03/19/95/#comment-1382 If the switch is just a switch it would be strange for that to happen, but if it is both a switch and a dimmer there is a lot more going on in there that could short out. We used to have several halogen torchieres. Our fire department had a special deal where you could trade them in for fluorescents. We still have one that is used a few hours a year and we are pretty much right there when it is, but we will never buy another. If the switch is just a switch it would be strange for that to happen, but if it is both a switch and a dimmer there is a lot more going on in there that could short out.

We used to have several halogen torchieres. Our fire department had a special deal where you could trade them in for fluorescents. We still have one that is used a few hours a year and we are pretty much right there when it is, but we will never buy another.

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