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| Tom |
 Jan 27 2012, 02:32 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None  |
So I have three 4-foot shop lights in my garage. When they all are working, the light is pretty good. However, the dern bulbs keep burning out!! I have had CFL's in my outside lights for several years and have yet to have to replace one. So, I thought, why not put CFL's in the garage? So here is what I did. I like it so far and only have two 100 watt CFL's in the fixture, with room to add two more.
Found a fixture at Goodwill for $3.99 and 4 CFL's for $1.49 for two, so a total of less than $8.00 invested and about 1 hour to modify. First is the before pic and then the after, followed by a couple of the modification pics. Tom Attached thumbnail(s)     
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| Tom |
Jan 31 2012, 10:19 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Prospectfarms,
Parallel. Yes, it matters. Anything electrical wired in series depends on all of the individual components being wired to be good. As soon as one fails, they all fail. As soon as it warms up a bit in the gargage, I'm going to clean things up a little and take three pics, 1- one 100 watt incandescent (100 watts of power used), 2 - two 40 watt tubes ( 80 watts used), 3- 4 screw-in 23 watt CFL's (92 watts used). Be interesting to see the difference in lumens. Tom |
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Tom garage lighting idea, CFL, incan,or 4 footers Jan 27 2012, 02:32 PM
Tom_T Tom,
You probably have bad ballasts in the 4... Jan 27 2012, 02:48 PM JawjaPorsche You make me sick! Your garage is so organized... Jan 27 2012, 02:48 PM wingnut86 Great lighting.
We should have another "how ... Jan 27 2012, 03:05 PM
Valy
What is this? Do you perform brain surgery in ... Jan 27 2012, 07:50 PM
bigkensteele
What is this? Do you perform brain surgery in... Jan 27 2012, 07:56 PM Jeffs9146
Great lighting.
We should have another "how... Jan 27 2012, 10:54 PM Tom Tom T.,
I have had those 4 footers for 10 yea... Jan 27 2012, 04:24 PM wingnut86 Never,
It's just a figment of my imasculation... Jan 27 2012, 04:36 PM wingnut86 ...the key word should have been the hint "Fi... Jan 27 2012, 10:40 PM 76-914 The newer style (is it T8) are much brighter than ... Jan 28 2012, 09:04 AM Tom I thought of all new fixtures, but hey, I own a 91... Jan 28 2012, 11:09 AM osvolant I agree with Tom T and others- electronic ballast ... Jan 28 2012, 12:37 PM underthetire Ya, good fixtures will make bulbs last a long time... Jan 28 2012, 01:40 PM PanelBilly Few years ago I put a HO 8' fixture in the sho... Jan 28 2012, 01:51 PM Vacca Rabite I am also a convert to the T8 bulbs and electronic... Jan 28 2012, 04:36 PM Tom Thanks for all of the replys. I will use these unt... Jan 30 2012, 09:49 PM Prospectfarms Tom,
Thanks for raising an interesting, "I d... Jan 31 2012, 10:06 AM Tom Three pics:
#1 - One 100 watt incandescent la... Jan 31 2012, 11:15 AM Prospectfarms Big difference favoring the "old fashioned... Jan 31 2012, 03:48 PM Tom Edited first post to reflect comparrison of 4 foot... Feb 1 2012, 02:12 PM Al Meredith Lamps are rated in lumens per watt. A lot like Mil... Feb 1 2012, 05:14 PM Tom Al,
Thanks for the math, it strengthens my dec... Feb 1 2012, 07:25 PM Al Meredith Tom, The rule of thumb is that a CFL (compact fluo... Feb 2 2012, 12:05 PM |
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