XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, alt.sci.physics   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:46:08 +0100, Mark Lloyd  wrote:   
      
   > On 10/4/19 2:51 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >>> I have a LED   
   >>   
   >> That irritates me, why don't you write "an LED"?  How do you say "LED"?   
   >> I say "Ell Eee Dee", not "Light Emitting Diode".  So it needs an "an",   
   >> not an "a".   
   >   
   > "an LED" irritates me. I know the word is "light".   
      
   But which would you say if you read the sentence out loud?  Do you say the   
   letters like me, or do you say the full words?  I say "DVLA" not "Driver and   
   Vehicle Licensing Authority"   
      
   >>> bulb (60W equivalent) in a lamp here.   
   >>   
   >> 60W?  Are you a Klingon and love darkness?  I use 100W and 150W bulbs   
   >> only.  And lots of them.  My living room (7 metres by 4 metres) contains   
   >> 13 90W bulbs.   
   >   
   > It also matters if the light source is in the right place, like from   
   > behind is good if you're reading or watching TV.   
      
   I prefer the whole room to be evenly lit.   
      
   > Some people think more light is always better. I remember working behind   
   > a TV (26-inch CRT console), where I could see OK. Then someone, trying   
   > to be helpful, turned on a nearby wall lamp. The effect of that is that   
   > the area behind the TV became completely BLACK.   
      
   More light is better if the whole room is lit evenly.  Which is why I prefer   
   strip lights to point sources.  Much better if you're soldering for example,   
   you don't create shadows, as light can come to the workpiece from all angles,   
   no matter where your    
   body/head/hands/tools are.   
      
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