After editing a non lighting related video for YouTube, since I had nothing else to do today, I checked every single lamp ending of every fluorescent lamp I'm using in my apartment, for any possible hotspot movements. All of my fluorescent lighting in use are CFL's, including PL-L lamps on HPF Rapid Start circuitry. Most of my CFL's have "fair weather" end blackening, including my two 2D 38w CFL's. Some have heavier end blackening, but none of which are indicative of potential EOL as of now. The two remaining PL-L lamps that I have used since 2019, are the most likely to have hotspot movement, but nothing crazy yet, and no rapid end blackening.

Made plans to install lighting in a BIG wooden showcase at work. It's about 10m of shelving in total, with about 50 shelves, all at different heights. The plan is to get led strip of 3000k with a >90 CRI and mount those behind some L-shaped plastic or aluminium strips so you don't look right into the LED strips.
Probably gonna use this stuff: https://www.ledstripxl.nl/led-strip-warm-wit-1-meter-60-led-12-volt-ultra.html
It's double the price of the bog standard warm white LED strips, but if we're gonna mount about 18m of this stuff, it better be good.

Right now, no one even looks at the showcase, because you can only see what's in there if you're right in front of it. At any other angle, the glare from the windows makes it impossible to look at it. Lighting the objects will make them actually visible and attractive. Right now, it's a dark 'hole' in the wall, so to speak.

First attempt of lighting was with a little 8w fluorescent, which worked very well. But a whole new installation with 8w tubes is not a smart thing to do, because of the availability of spares later on, as well as the need for 50 individual fixtures and ballasts, and the associated high power usage of over 12w per fixture, VS about 5 or less for the plan with the LED strips.

After a recent storm, I went out looking for damaged streetlights. Turns out, there were plentiful ignitors and capacitors fallen, and even some where the complete lantern was fallen! I got to see the insides, 150w tubular hps with magnetic ballast setup.

@LightsAreBright27- did you keep any luminaires or gear?

@Baked bagel 11
Unfortunately no, the truck that replaces them was already there. The lantern glass was shattered and the gear and lamp were generic.

Today, I did a favor to the lighting department. I went to a park with a giant statue, and there were lots of bollards with small colour cfls. Many which had a cfl had a rusted socket and the ones with a good socket had no bulb. I swapped them around, so more working lights would be there. The best part is, nobody questioned me, even the guards.

@LightsAreBright27- Good on ya!

@Baked bagel 11
Thanks ! I wonder, how did nobody question a random guy running around removing and placing lamps...