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From: DBG@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: florescent bulbs replacing incandescent
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Date: 19 Nov 90 05:08:42 GMT
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I have found 16W units by Lights of America for $9.95 Home Depot
to $12.95 Target(?), but they are usually out of stock. Today
Home Depot had a case of replacement bulb units (looks like four
fluorescent sticks stuck together), but no bulb bases (ballast
circuitry). They sell out instantly, they said. These are
instant on circuits, which makes them much more useful for
many applications. They give off nearly as much light as an
incandescent 75W. They will fit many places a bulb is used, much
more so than the ring types, but they are fatter at the base
and taller than a normal bulb so I couldn't use them in my
ceiling fixtures, and in my yardlight the base uses up much
of the window area while the light is kind of up in the plastic
roof peak. Not ideal, but OK.
-- David B. Gustavson, Computation Research Group, SLAC, POB 4349 MS 88,
    Stanford, CA 94309   tel (415)926-2863  fax (415)961-3530
-- What the world needs next is a Scalable Coherent Interface!
-- Any opinions expressed are mine and not necessarily those
   of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the University, or the DOE.