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    Higher than 100 watt equivalent LED

    Bought some two way Y adapters. Fit in every lamp I wanted to use them in and make things twice as bright. Thanks for the advice. Now need to find some shades that let the light go through them a bit better. Thanks brickbat.
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    Higher than 100 watt equivalent LED

    Any recommendations for good quality higher than 100 watt equivalent regular socket bulbs. My wife likes bright reading lamps and as I get older so do I . We are using cree 100 eat equivalents along with Phillips. Prefer 5000 K and doesn't need too be dimmed. Also doesn't need to die after...
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    Sub $10.00 "100w" Philips LED Light Bulb

    I bought a four pack of these bulbs and really like them. Good output but who knows how long they will last. I hope this will push Cree to match them with maybe a bit better bulb at the same price. Great teardown of the bulb.
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    Electronic Ballast for four ft T-8

    First Ballast came with the fixture. Next two came from Amazon, and the first one was label Sylvania, and the second Phillips. I then switched brands and the most recent ballast is a Robertson. Each ballast is costing about $15.00. I would pay $30.00 to get a long lasting ballast. Are any...
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    Electronic Ballast for four ft T-8

    Ballasts came from amazon. Bought two at the same time. Master electrician buddy installed the first one, so I assume it was done right. I did the second one and I am at least that good with electrical. fixtures are at least 5 years old with no problems in the other two. Have a different...
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    Electronic Ballast for four ft T-8

    I have a number of 4 tube T-8 fixtures in a kitchen. One ballast blew after 4 years, and I replaced it with a sylvania, which lasted a month and then blew again. I had ordered two from Amazon so I had a spare, which I replaced and this one lasted about 2 months and then blew. Are there...
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    4 pin 18 Watt CFL for bath HLVF

    I have Panasonic heat light vent fans in my bathrooms. They take an 18 watt 4 pin double tube CFL. The 26 watt bulb is exactly the same except for the orientation of two plastic nubs. Made I would guess so that one does not put the 26 watt in the 18 watt socket. Could I grind off the numbs...
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    Small disappointments

    Bought some y adapters. Pretty cheap and a good solution for at least one lamp. Also ordered (they haven't arrived yet) some extra wide harp bases. those two items along with extra long harps should allow me to get the lumens I would like with 1/2 or 1/3 the wattage. Thanks to all you guys...
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    Small disappointments

    I am mostly amazed that no one seems to come up with better ideas for CFLs. Harp size is a bit of a help, but harp shape would seems to work better. smaller bases on CFL would also help. I don't particularly like the old style floor lamp, and my wife said she hated it so that's not going to...
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    Small disappointments

    I was an early adopter of CFL, and aside from use in a closet I found the light to be insufficient for use as a reading lamp. When I finally found some larger CFLs that put out light equivalent to 150 or 200 watt bulbs I was thrilled. When I purchased a few different ones I found that they...
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    Garage lighting

    I think I am coming around to the T-8 view, Hard to refute the advantages ($$ and cold performance) T-8 have over T-5s. Once again lots of T-8s on EBAY. Anyone have a particular source they could recommend, that is not EBAY. I am 160 miles from a Home Depot. Still might have to get one T-5...
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    Garage lighting

    Well last night it was -14 degrees F. The water in the cats bowl that sits on the floor of the garage did not freeze.
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    Garage lighting

    Heading towards T-5 is just because. Most modern and most likely the bulb that will be the bulb of the future. I however am still in the wondering stage, i.e. are T-5s really more suited to high bay spaces? There are lots of T-8 and T-5 fixtures out there. The T-5 are blinding bright by...
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    Garage lighting

    pretty sure I am going to head in the T-5 direction. Some decent deals on EBAY not to mention I already know how to wire them, (just plug em in) :) and have changed ballasts out in old fixtures a few times. I did however see some serious CFL on EBAY in the 35-80 watt range. Has anone had...
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    Garage lighting

    Looking at the poor low temp performance of T-5s and T-8s. I wonder does the performace improve greatly as the bulb and the fixture heats up? i.e. does the bulb itself in the fixture get hot enough to overcome the low ambient temps, so that it performs like it is 30 degrees C rather than 0...
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    Garage lighting

    What do I want to do in the garage?? Park, empty the trunk, fetch items for the wife, clean the litter box, change the oil in the cars, empty the garbage, etc. I do expect to have to have to use drop lights to work under the hood of the cars, but i would like to be able to read a repair manual...
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    Garage lighting

    After 25 years in the same house and after 3 sets of garage lights, I would like to finally do it up right. My garage is 900 sg ft, with 11 ft ceilings and all walls and ceiling sheetrocked. I stared with bare bulb el cheapo incandesent fixture (2), went to 2 bulb 4 ft flourescents (2), then...

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