OK, Tom. Now that I know watts watt, watts a henwey?
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "tOM Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 3:11 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Humidity reduction in Oly cabinet
> The incandescent bulb emits more infrared, which is perceived as heat, but
> in a cabinet, a watt is a watt is a watt. They have nowhere else to go,
and
> all becomes warmth, even if convected and not radiated.
>
> So a 15 watt fluorescent will produce as much heat as a 15-watt
> incandescent as a 15-watt goldenrod.
>
> tOM
>
> On Monday, April 21, 2003 at 19:55
> Mickey Trageser <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Tom,
> > I'm not so sure it's the visible light that is heating the walls.
> > Incandescent lights emit a good portion of their energy in heat already.
But
> > some of it is visible light. If you put your hand near a 25 watt bulb
you
> > will feel the thermal energy emitted. But I don't think you feel much
warmth
> > from the conversion of light to thermal energy. Put your hand in front
of a
> > 40 watt flourescent bulb. Much brighter, but little, if any heat. Sure,
> > you'll get some from the ballast, and perhaps some near the ends of the
> > bulb, but not truly from the light. Of course this could just prove that
the
> > flourescent is far more efficient at producing light. Maybe the
incandescent
> > bulb is such an inefficient light producer that the light loss is
> > insignificant in a heating application. Do we have an EE in the house?
> >
> > Oh yeah, OM content: I need to keep my Olyquipment dry and fungus
free...
>
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