Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1290 on: November 25, 2022, 03:24:49 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
You may want to consider getting them fixed !!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1292 on: November 27, 2022, 12:52:29 AM » Author: icefoglights
Turned off the wallpack yard light and fired up the Christmas lights for the year.  Have them plugged into outlets in the eaves of my house, controlled by a timer.  Had to climb up and plug the lights back in, since their outlets got repurposed last summer for mosquito traps.  Final step was correcting the time and enabling the timer.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1293 on: November 27, 2022, 08:29:56 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
I hung up some LED retrofitted C7 Christmas lights at my parents’ house.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1294 on: November 28, 2022, 08:13:57 PM » Author: LightsoftheWest
Just received picked up a Hubbell Lighting catalog from February 1985 that I bought off eBay!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1295 on: November 30, 2022, 06:18:51 PM » Author: 108CAM
I've been busy finishing off my Christmas light display. A few more tweaks and it'll be good to go. The previous 2 nights have been test runs and tonight will hopefully be the first run of the finished display.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1297 on: December 08, 2022, 12:21:15 AM » Author: icefoglights
Took down my Philips HPS grooved head and put up my Lithonia Metal Halide yard light.  I got my first MH fixture around Jan of 2008, but this is the first time that I've used one to light my yard.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1300 on: December 18, 2022, 07:22:00 PM » Author: 108CAM
I haven't been doing much lately as I've been very busy but I have finished my Christmas light display. Tonight I will be refilming the walkthrough video as the first one was rather rushed and my mum's car was blocking a section of the display from view.
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Fluro starter pings combined with a 50hz ballast hum and blinking tubes is music to my ears.

Rest in Peace Electronic Lamp Manufacturers of Australia
1925-2002

Bring back the AJF Zodiacs!

Total incidents since joining LG: 18
Lamps accidently broken or smashed: 15
Ballast explosions/burnouts: 3

	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1301 on: December 18, 2022, 08:51:30 PM » Author: thelightingman
Today I bought a preheat 2 lamp F15T8 desk lamp at a local thrift store and when I got it home I had to replace the sockets because the old ones literally turned to dust. But now that the sockets have been replaced the light works like a charm!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1302 on: December 18, 2022, 09:18:36 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Scored a pair of free 2 lamp F40T12 preheat fluorescent tube shoplight fixtures. Sadly, one of them came with a Westy F34CW, but I hope the ballasts in these fixtures are good since I have not tested the fixtures.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1303 on: December 22, 2022, 08:38:09 PM » Author: bulb_tester2009
I replaced the EOLed old Philips CFLs in my room today with the amazingly efficient IKEA LEDs . The original Philips Essential CFL was 8W/865 and the lumen output was 400 lumens. The replacement IKEA LED is 5.9 (6) W/940, and the lumen output is 806 lumens. The wattage is 75% of the original, but the brightness is 212% of the original!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1304 on: December 30, 2022, 08:24:24 PM » Author: icefoglights
Removed the instant start T8 ballast and LED tubes from the wooden box fluorescent fixture in my pantry and restored it to its rapid start T12 glory.
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