Replaced the 25 year old Broan exhaust fan in the laundry room. It had run almost 24/7 for all that time. Here's to another 25 years out of the new Broan.

@icefoglights, It's epic that you kept the ballast and the tubes. I need to start doing the same with my friends places, if they ever want to get rid
of their fluorescent lighting, though none of my friends seem to have fluorescent lighting, at least none of my friends as of late. (Except for lighting
gallery members, of course.)
Luckily you didn't have to deal with any spiders either, @icefoglights. Especially since that fixture was there for 20 years.

A couple of weeks ago, I converted a 2-F40 rapid start strip in a friend's shed in WV to type B LED tubes (I kept the original tubes and ballast).  The shed and everything in it is spider city, so I was prepared for the worst, but there was no evidence of spiders inside the fluorescent strip, even though it had been for at least 20 years.

Went to my garage, fired up the Metal Halides, and finally cut/broke down the large cardboard box that had been sitting in my garage since March. (This
was the box that the round table in my downstairs living room came with during shipping.) To my surprise, that box had absolutely no spiders and barely
any webs. My garage in general, barely had any webs. Really surprised by this.
But, the show continues. My sportcar is back, and in the garage.

... You've got people out there, and on here, who care about you, including me. I'm sorry for your loss, @Cole D. I promise, even though this may seem
grim, things will eventually get better as time goes on.

Genesis is back in my Metal Halide lit garage... but... it does need some work. Luckily I've got car savy friends, so I plan on getting them to help me out,
as well as fellow Genesis Coupe enthusiasts. Still sounds nice, but there is exhaust rattle and vibration. This needs to be fixed as well, and I plan on
installing an aftermarket exhaust system for it sometime soon.
But for now, it will stay in my garage.

Hello to everyone. I am giving away for exchange three boxes of NOS PHILIPS MASTER TL5 HE 14W/840 tubes. Each box has 40 tubes inside (total 120). Tubes were made in February 2020. All tubes are intact. Message me/send mail if you have something to offer. I will advertise these tubes on Russian forum. Write me a message so you can be informed. Sending tubes outside factory box is only done if we both agree to it, as I do not want someone to recieve broken tubes. Here are the pictures good luck.

I believe GE’s were rated 77, at least during the 1980s-1990s era.

I've seen a lot of people have issues with Indonesian GE F15T8s, and I've also seen some Sylvanias go mercury starved, but which F15T8s are the worst?

I'm truly sorry to hear that you've had to go through this, I can't imagine what it would be like.

I wish you only the best in the future, both in you and your moms health and happiness.