RE: CBUS and CFL's

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This "requirement" is somewhat concerning/annoying, as I
plan to build
sometime in the next few years (probably more like 10!!), and I
absolutely hate those damn CFLs... (at least every one I've ever seen to
date).

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, CFL's (IMHO) are
universally crap, - the colour temperature is all wrong, they don't
start up at full brightness, but take a minute or so to achieve it, and
they can't be dimmed.

Maybe there are better ones available now, or maybe there will be by the
time I come to need them.. but if not, I can see that I will be fitting
GU10 CFL's for long enough to pass BCO sign off, then they'll all be
replaced as soon as his back is turned with "proper" halogen
bulbs...

Stupid, ***king, poxy nanny state...

Anyway, apart from my rant, the point of this post was to say that I'm
sure I've heard of a precedent where the powers that be were satisfied
that CFL's were *not* required on a CBUS install, - on the grounds that
CBUS itself is (or can be) an energy efficient installation (just
program all the CBUS modules to never go above 80% for instance)... I'm
sure it was on this group that I read this...

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of

> Jonathan Tawn @ Home wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've been talking with someone who's building a house and they've
been
> told
> >that compact fluorescent's need to be used for downlighters, he
asked
> about
> >clipsal's CBUS asking whether it would dim them, which, I
understand
it
> >should. However, I know next to nothing about CFL's / Fluorescent
> dimming,
> >can this be done? If so, is it a case of using a 0-10v fluorescent
> dimmer?
> >