[TheForge] heat-tracing flourescents? OT. Brainstorminghere...

[Grover Richardson]

If he is actually touching the bulbs, he is jiggling them and cutting
through corrosion on the end contacts possibly.  Otherwise, no clue.

>*>-----Original Message-----
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>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
>*>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:07 PM
>*>To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] heat-tracing flourescents? OT. 
>*>Brainstorminghere...
>*>
>*>
>*>Sounds like a neat trick.
>*>
>*>Okay, anyone, why would this work?
>*>
>*>Bruce
>*>NJ
>*>
>*>>>> smith at blacksmithing.org 2/28/2006 12:47:02 PM >>>
>*>Or ... sweep the lights -- I've got a shop with 4' units (2 
>*>& 4 bulbs) that 
>*>I scavenged from the university dump (a buck a pop with 
>*>bulbs - not to 
>*>complain) -- on cold days (ok, it's Florida - anything under 
>*>60F), it's a 
>*>dark cave. A quick sweep with the floor broom along the 
>*>bulbs pops them on 
>*>(though occassionally a quick dip of the broom in the slack 
>*>tub is needed 
>*>for one particularly difficult unit).  Besides you can weird 
>*>out visitor.... 
>*>
>*>Steve Bloom (Ironflower forge) 
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