Re: Power supply efficiency on older model Sun equipment
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" From: Paul Theodoropoulos <[email protected]> " " Sandwich Maker wrote: " > it might be either a big honking projection set or an old, " > pre-energystar model. long ago it was discovered that if you kept the " > picture tube filament on half power all the time it " > 1. went to full power very quickly - 'instant on' " > 2. lasted longer, without the full power-on surge and thermal shock - " > the phenomonon that makes incandescent bulbs blow when you turn " > them on. " > " i own one of said big honking projection sets. 73" mitsubishi, 2002 " [] " does 1080i, and it has three 12" CRT color guns. thus, it suffers " exactly the issue noted above, it chews 30 watts when its "off", and " when it's displaying hidef full blast, it pushes near 300 watts. it's a " [] " a killswitch. yeah - maybe the tubes will blow one of these days from " the daily power cycling. "oh darn honey, the bigscreen blew out. i guess in these days of near-limitless tech [compared to '70s electronics], they might well have implemented power supply controls that limit the filament inrush current. if that's the case you're sadly out of luck in your hopes... ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen [email protected] and think what none thought