Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01470
To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt [mailto:sbolt@xs4all.nl]
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:17:28 -0800
Subject: Re: RJP lighting.
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Jarrell Clark wrote:
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> Don't use flourescent. THey don't produce the right kind of light. I had a
> Suneater III that rufused to work along with a few SEs and photopoppers. I
> tinkered off and on for a while and then finally gave up. Later I brought
> them into another room to sit on a table(great conversation piece...) and
> after a while the thing was happily purring along.
This intrigued me, and this evening I got around to a little test;
one of the prototype SunEater_III's at 60cm below a 16W
fluorescent, all other lights off and dark outside. It isn't much
light, so the charge cycle is long, but the `bot is definitly
moving about. I see no reason why a Panasonic Sunceram should
absolutely refuse TL pipe light, though a warmer light source might
be preferrable.
Best,
Steve
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