Re: Lights:fluorescent and/or Halogen

Last night I went to Cheesecake Factory where they have tons of overhead
halogen lights. My heart was pounding so fast-that's why I looked up to see if
they were fluorecent. I didn't think halogen was supposed to affect ES people.
I thought it was one of the better ones??
Amy


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They're probably 12v. Switching power supplies.

Eli
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> Last night I went to Cheesecake Factory where they have tons of
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> halogen lights. My heart was pounding so fast-that's why I looked up
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> they were fluorecent. I didn't think halogen was supposed to affect
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> They're probably 12v. Switching power supplies.

Yes, I believe the line-level halogens (110v, 220v) which
are direct replacements for regular incandescent bulbs
are okay.

Marc

{{"They're probably 12v. Switching power supplies."}}

and Marc answered:


[[[Yes, I believe the line-level halogens (110v, 220v) which
are direct replacements for regular incandescent bulbs
are okay.]]]

Thanks to both of you. I don't know what you mean by switching power
supplies-I do know what Marc means by voltage though...
Amy






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> Thanks to both of you. I don't know what you mean by switching power
> supplies-I do know what Marc means by voltage though...

I think any light that runs on 12 volts is going to cause an ES person
problems, as it needs to have a transformer to change the 110v/220v down
to 12 volts, and its the transformer that causes people the most problems.
There are different kinds of transformers, and apparently the "switching"
variety are the worst, although I'm not sure that I've noticed that.
A "switching" transformer/power supply works with a wide range of
voltages (look for something like "100 - 240 volts, 50 or 60 hz on
the label"), while regular transformers only works for one kind of
power (e.g., "110v, 60 hz"). If you've got a piece of equipment
that bothers you and it uses a switching power adapter, one thing
you could try is to replace it with a regular power adapter (with the
same output plug size, the same output voltage, and the same or
higher amperage, and the correct pin polarity), and see if that
helps.

Marc