Talk:Lighting/Archives/2014

12 volt lighting???
How about a section on 12 volt lighting? By this I mainly am referring to household lighting that has 12 volt bulbs or lamps, but is plugged into 110V (single phase in U.S.) and converted to 12V through the use of transformer or circuit board, etc? Questions tobe answered would be: are we really saving electricity?, can we get equivalent lighting output with this method?, are the bulbs' wattage figured based on 12V or 110, for instance ohm's law-- is a 12 volt .5amp (500 miliwatts) using just .5 amp of house current, or is it using 5amps of house current. Stuff like that. sections could be types of bulbs, color spectrum, etc. Any interest in this or is it alradyon WP and is there a link on this article? 12voltlighting (talk) 18:47, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

Sources for History expansion
Here are two good starting places: -- Beland (talk) 01:50, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Episode 534: The History of Light - NPR Planet Money audio program
 * Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light - book by Jane Brox