Aug 21, 2018 at 06:38 PM Author: streetlight98
Wow that's a big-boy lamp right there! I like the painted ceiling joists too. Pretty cool! Hopefully it's not lead paint lol.

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Aug 21, 2018 at 07:42 PM Author: Fluorescent05
As for the painted ceiling joists, one day before most of the basement was finished, my grandfather decided the whole thing from the highest point on the ceiling to the lowest point on the floor had to be blue except his tool room. My grandmother had a freak attack when she got home from work and saw the basement. To this day my grandfather doesn't know why he painted the basement blue. Luckily now most of it is finished so no more blue.

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Aug 21, 2018 at 07:47 PM Author: F96T12 DD VHO
If it's that large, it's not a CFL anymore. It's a LSBFL (Large Self-Ballasted Fluorescent Light)

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Aug 21, 2018 at 08:12 PM Author: streetlight98
Actually it is still a CFL. "Compact" is a relative term, as a full-size 100W fluorescent lamp would be a F96T12/HO for example (110W, but you get the idea). As a joke on here we call lare CFLs "Not-so-Compact fluorescent lamps". Typically the older GE Compax lamps and similar lamps are called those.

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Aug 21, 2018 at 09:49 PM Author: Fluorescent05
This is probably an F105T5/VHO tube.

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Jul 14, 2020 at 12:56 AM Author: app87k
I have four units like this. But mine are all spiral. They are VERY bright. E27 base. I bought them through one of my suppliers at work.

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Jul 14, 2020 at 09:30 AM Author: Fluorescent05
This is just a cheap Chinese one. Are yours of better quality?

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Jul 14, 2020 at 02:07 PM Author: streetlight98
If properly ventilated these will last decent. They tend to dim as the phosphors degrade from the heat though.

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Jul 14, 2020 at 05:23 PM Author: Fluorescent05
Quote from ace100w120v on Jul 14, 2020 at 01:50 PM I've even called the early CFLs, i.e the preheat integrated bullet type or the PL13/PL9/PL7/PL5/FUL12/FC8T9 adapters "Not so C, FLs" This is probably about as big as a 400 or 1000 watt HID lamp!

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