Forum: Lighting
02-25-09, 07:17 AM
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Forum: Lighting
11-10-08, 10:13 AM
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went to sams club and bought an 8-pack of "60...
went to sams club and bought an 8-pack of "60 watt" cfl's for $8 and change. decided to step down from "100 watt" bulbs this time around. some of my ceiling fan lights are 60 watt fixtures, and the...
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Forum: Lighting
11-07-08, 08:58 AM
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my mom gave me an extra cfl she had laying...
my mom gave me an extra cfl she had laying around. i guess its the "new" style. it has the same coil shape (looks identical to my old ones), but it gives off a real "white" light that has a bluish...
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Forum: Lighting
11-06-08, 05:23 PM
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thanks!
my job requires a lot of...
thanks!
my job requires a lot of maintenance/repair, so i have gotten used to marking new parts with month/year of install. i just used a very fine-point sharpie.
then it just carried over...
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Forum: Lighting
10-29-08, 05:48 PM
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the other 11 still fire up immediately. i do...
the other 11 still fire up immediately. i do have 1 newer, smaller cfl in a desk lamp, and its a lot "whiter" than the old ones, but both styles work just fine for me :cool:
its funny, at the...
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Forum: Lighting
10-29-08, 12:43 PM
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i blew out a CFL!
yup, a "100 watt" CFL i had in my laundry room finally gave out. it was a dual socket fixture, but i only put one bulb in it. but this CFL had quite a track record:
new house: 2 years
old...
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