[Noisebridge-discuss] PG&E Bill

jim jim at well.com
Mon Dec 7 21:33:01 UTC 2009


comments interspersed: 

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 13:24 -0600, Rubin Abdi wrote:
> Jonathan Foote wrote, On 20091207 131900:
> > Purely out of my a**, the modest efficiency gains from going to
> > solid-state ballasts are not worth it -- it will take a long time to
> > recoup any costs. Even old-school transformer ballasts are not that
> > bad (and miles better than incandescents).
> 
> Kind of surprised no one has started an LED light project for the space yet.
JS: i'd like to participate in that. trouble is, it's 
labor intensive if we work with COTS LEDs, tho' it'd 
make a good soldering practice project. 

> 
> > Plus, the minute I bring in a little space heater so I can get
> > something done in the chill I will blow any savings for decades. ;)
> 
> We have two tiny space heaters in the space, I know one was getting used 
> fairly often the few days before I left for Chicago.
> 
> Might I also recommend that Noisebridge should be treated as a server farm?
JS: a few machines seems a good idea. a lot of machines 
seems not, at least to me. 






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