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Oh great! Now we can cook our brains for light!.............
How long will the microwave generator last?
In this case, turn on the microwave and the lights go on.
It'll be rough having prohibited late night snacks. You put something in the microwave, and the bedroom light goes on.
But why does it have to be put in the environmentalism template? Why can't it just be seen as more energy efficient and leave it at that? We'd save money. Good enough for me.
Which means it's 100% efficient if the heat is on.
Burner contains no electrodes
No luminance or color degradation of the emission due to interaction of the burner chemistry with the electrodes.
Manufacture of the burner is simple and very low cost.
Burner contains low pressure gas fill
Burner remains intrinsically safe even when subject to catastrophic failure.
No explosion risk to users.
Burner chemistry can be tuned to give
primarily molecular excitation or atomic excitation
More uniform spectral content that better matches a black body radiator.
Emission can be tuned by modifying burner chemistry Varying the chemistry of the metal halide salt mix allows the spectral emission to be tuned to the needs of specific applications. This includes various color temperature variants of “white light”, “UV light” or exclusively “IR light”.
Burner is mounted in a metalized low-loss dielectric resonator
Use of a metalized low-loss dielectric resonator allows the microwave component dimensions to be condensed compared to air-based cavities.
Microwave interface unit supplying power to antenna in a metalized low-loss dielectric resonator block limits reflected power to <0.5% of incident power The simple microwave interface unit offers a low cost solution for protecting the power amplifier at burner ignition. Circuitry is reduced to a minimum, and no feedback system is required to modify the amplifier operating frequency.
Amplifier can be designed using solid state or magnetron power sources Allows designers to choose a solution that meets the technical and commercial needs of individual applications.
I wouldn’t mind this bulb if it really never does need changing, but I just hope it works better than the low water toilets.
How much for a 100 wattt bulb? Lessee, (1) microwave generator (with shielding), (5) feet of specialized microwave guide tubing, (1) shielded target, ... oh, $800.
But it saves energy!
This last spring, I had to change a bulb. So I took it out and went to Lowes to get another one.
The gal behind the counter was kinda cute. But she objected. I said “This is probably older than you, I bought my house in ‘91”.
She says “No way! I’m 23!”
It was a mercury vapor bulb that sat on top of a 17’ pole that I risked my life getting out. A lamp that had turned on and off faithfully, each and every morning and night, since at least 1991.
I’m not saying light bulbs can’t be improved. But that’s pretty freakin good. Somebody gonna put a bulb up in a pole that’s halfway to the stratosphere, it better burn for awhile, cause I ain’t gonna be changing it once a month!
The British company did not invent this technology. A Si Valley start-up company Luxim has been perfecting this technology for years and has products already
With our luck, scientists will find that phosgene gas works best.
Like they did with, "Hey, let's create deadly mercury vapor in the thinnest glass container possible and scatter them by the thousands throughout sealed office buildings!"
I believe the promoters of advanced, energy-saving technology would do well to disconnect the subject from the fraudulent hysteria surrounding Global WarmingTM and Climate ChangeTM. Real, useful science shouldn't condescend to lending credence to such unscientific jihads.
Ahh yes a DUD... I wish I could have such a "Dud" of an idea....
What editor lets such garbage statements go?