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    Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/06/08

    In reply to Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation
    Don't expect to see this done with CFLs. An incandescent bulb's lumens are determined by the thickness of that tiny little filament in that great huge glass enclosure. Want more power? Beef up the filament, but don't worry about the glass part. CFLs get their lumens from the surface area of the light tube. Want more power? Make the bulb bigger. There are 300w-equivalent CFLs that have coils that are bigger than my fist (and that's not counting the ballast and the screw-in plug, the former of which also sorta needs to be bigger at that point). Making a CFL bulb smaller to look cutesy like that will likely result in something in an absolute cap of about 10-15w equivalent.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    11/05/08

    In reply to Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation
    *cough* LED *cough, cough*


    really? cheaper, more efficient, brighter/adjustable..?? LED

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/05/08

    In reply to Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation
    I just want one to put on my desk.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/05/08

    In reply to Flat Light Bulbs Are an Incandescent Innovation
    So how do you thread the buld into a flat socket?
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    Image of Muaddib1116 Muaddib1116
    11/05/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: The socket is probably the same. If you look at the threads on the flat bulb, they are still rounded, so its like a screw that has the sides cut off.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/05/08

    @Muaddib1116: But what if I don't want to put a rectangular plug into a round hole...?
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