[TheForge] Shop Lighting

Grover Richardson grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu
Mon Feb 27 16:31:58 EST 2006


Yes!!  Like the old tube amplifiers.  Essentially sold by the pound<G>.

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>*>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:54 PM
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>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Shop Lighting
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>*>Grover Richardson wrote:
>*>
>*>>The cheap "transistorized ones" are the ones that I have that don't 
>*>>like cold temps.  The standard black brick heavy as a 
>*>hammer type seem 
>*>>to do much better.  In Georgia I have never seen any cold temp 
>*>>versions, but we don't need them like Alaska<G> and other places<G>.
>*>>
>*>>  
>*>>
>*>>  
>*>>
>*>I bought some replacement ones a while ago. The guy asked me if the 
>*>lights were in an unheated or heated building.
>*>
>*>When I asked the difference he just handed me the boxes. One was 
>*>noticeably heavier. He said if my lights were dim or didn't light up 
>*>during the winter , the ones I had were designed to be used 
>*>in a heated 
>*>building or warm climates. These were the ones sold cheap at HF, 
>*>Menards, Home Depot, etc.
>*>
>*>As I remember the price tags corresponded to the weights. <G>
>*>
>*>Mike Graf
>*>
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