Comments on: U.S. Military Captures Magnetic Power to Save Energy on Lighting

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:37:36 +0000

Doug: You are on the money about the images. Sometimes the actual gizmo doesn’t look nearly as interesting as what it does, or there just isn’t a suitable shot of it, in which case I try to find an image that’s evocative without being entirely off-topic.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:07:41 +0000

Go Allen West:
I have noticed the pictures used in the articles are rarely meant to be literal examples of the topic being discussed. The article mentions using magnetic power to run light bulbs, so they show a light bulb. The picture was just as likely to be of an old fashioned horseshoe magnet.

Cheers

By: GO ALLEN WEST

GO ALLEN WEST — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:35:45 +0000

My first thought is that although the picture in the article is a CFL, CFL’s use electronic ballasts. So is this application only for flourescent tube lights with magnetic ballasts?
If so, then it would seem to me that a better way forward would be simply replace the flourescent tube lights with CFLs or LEDs.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:47:00 +0000

Hi Go Allen West: Good question. Since the tech partner is based in Tokyo, it could be that the Hardy Barracks was simply the most available U.S. military facility in which to run the demo, and the technology could apply to CFLs and LEDs as an add-on, to achieve even greater efficiencies.