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Hello all, I have been getting really mad with fluorescent nightlights lately and I had an Amertac fluorescent one from Home Depot that almost burned down my house and the GE ones don't last. I may have to get NOS ones online, but what would you recommend for a good fluorescent night light? Thanks  |
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| Stick with linear fluorescent. i use a 110 volt LP40
Fitzegearald lightpack. As my daily nightlight.
Using sylvania CWX lamp
I would stay away from CFL cause they cant be trusted;
Do to it electronics. Also when using CFL u have to inspect yout fixtures for EOL lamp dont let them burn out
In your house.
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| CFLs here, dies silent at EOL.
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Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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| From My experience, CFLs die peacefully. I had a few where they would flow at the ends only (bad cap) and if left like that long enough, will result in the smoky failure. Thankfully, I caught one that glowed at the ends and would flicker violently otherwise. The tubes ended up being severely blackened and the circuit board showed signs of overheating.
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| What cause some of the american CFLs to have an explosive EOL, is because of the use of a doubler.
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I"m don't speak English well, and rely on online translating to write in this site.
Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.
I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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| My computer light is PL on Magnetic ballast
I use it in a posttop pathway lantern, that i retrofitted from HPS (untill i'll decide to change to a new lantern again, and then i'll put the original HPS gear back in this lantern. But i will stay with the PL). In one of the past setups i used a PL bulkhead which i laid on top of a closet, so it lights into the ceiling
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| I use a couple of 8 watt T5 switch start battens as basement night lights. I've never had overheating problems, EOL lamps eventually break an electrode and that's it. At church, I use F15, but those are quite bright for home night light use. They have never overheated even with stuck starters.
At home, I use C7 red Christmas lamps but I have considered using a PL-S of 5 watts in a coloured drinking glass as a night light but never got around to getting the parts let alone build anything. Some members here use an F4 lamp, though.
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| Getting F4/6/8T5 lamps here in colors <6500K is uncommon, and <4000K is a quest. About only place where they are used is in emergency lighting and exit signs
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