1   General / General Discussion / Light Table Idea...? Maybe?  on: Today at 12:47:09 AM 
Started by suzukir122 - Last post by suzukir122
So I've got my floating shelf up-lighting idea finished, with 11 F30T12 fixtures total, currently operating in my living room.
(As of now, I still have not posted videos or pics of my up-lighting yet, but I will soon. Still need to finish adjusting/straightening out the shelves
themselves, which has proven to be very tough to achieve.) I have a plan to... possibly... create light tables for the loft. This is a tough call because
I've got 5 F30T12 fixtures that illuminate the loft already, so it's pretty bright up there if I've got all five fixtures on.
The tables would be two Lumisol 27.5" high gloss square coffee tables. Those tables are wooden tables that contain LED lights that will shine
through the tempered glass.
My plan would be to... RIP OUT... the LED lights, and then find and install single lamp cold temp magnetic Rapid Start ballasts in both of them.
Those cold temp Rapid Start ballasts will be able to run Circlines, so I'd install either a 22w or 32w Circline in both tables... but it's looking more
likely that I'd go for a 22w Circline instead, although a 32w Circline would make things easier, since the ballast should fit in the middle of the 32w
Circline, I think. (I'll be buying a 32w Circline soon just to double check to see if I'm correct. Walmart is selling them, and I think Home Depot and Lowes
are still selling them as well.)
The Circlines would definitely be Halophosphate Cool White, as that's the color theme of my living room for now until they all EOL. :lol:
Possibly easy project depending on how the table structure is, if it's anything like what I think it will be... but I'm on the fence in terms of doing this,
since I've already got a lot of light.
I'll also be using TV's/playing video games and playing board games with friends... so tables that light up, as cool as it may look, doesn't seem all that
practical... you know? Ehh... as of now it's just an idea, but so far that is my table choice for the upstairs regardless.
 2   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / Re: I think Lowe’s may be discontinuing HID and fluorescent  on: December 21, 2025, 11:04:12 PM 
Started by Cole D. - Last post by RyanF40T12
Nice to see the Sylvania name make a return at Lowes. 
 3   General / General Discussion / Re: What kind of camera(s) do you use for your lighting-pictures?  on: December 21, 2025, 10:29:26 PM 
Started by Prismatic - Last post by NeXe Lights
For fixtures I the wild I use a Nikon D90 with a 70-300mm telephoto lense. For lamps I use my Canon EOS R50 with a 18-45mm lense. For pictures of my own fixtures I use the camera on my Google Pixel 7a, I also use my Pixel 7a for taking pictures of fixtures in the wild when I don't have access to my D90.
 4   General / General Videos / Re: Technology Connections new christmas light video.  on: December 21, 2025, 10:27:36 PM 
Started by HomeBrewLamps - Last post by Patrick
I just checked Tru-Tone's website and the mini-lights and C9 twinkle lamps are now available.  I was considering buying some twinkle bulbs, but it appears they're only available in cases of 25.  I was hoping to purchase a 5-pack.
 5   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / Re: I think Lowe’s may be discontinuing HID and fluorescent  on: December 21, 2025, 09:26:58 PM 
Started by Cole D. - Last post by Patrick
Feit Electric acquired Cree's lamps division, so I'm sure they're identical to whatever was being sold previously under the Feit brand.  I'm surprised they decided to bring non-LED products under the Cree name.  Looking at the Lowes website they are marketing Cree HID lamps too.
 6   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / Re: I think Lowe’s may be discontinuing HID and fluorescent  on: December 21, 2025, 08:57:21 PM 
Started by Cole D. - Last post by fluorescent lover 40
@Cole D. - Can you take pictures of the Cree circline fluorescents? I'd love to see those.

@LightsoftheWest - A Chinese company likely made them for Cree. Cree has always been an LED-only company as far as I know.
 7   Lanterns/Fixtures / Modern / Re: I think Lowe’s may be discontinuing HID and fluorescent  on: December 21, 2025, 06:19:27 PM 
Started by Cole D. - Last post by LightsoftheWest
Wait a second... Cree for fluorescent? Does Cree actually make fluorescent lamps?
 8   Advertisements / Wanted / Re: Fluorescent starter sockets  on: December 21, 2025, 05:44:50 PM 
Started by Bulbman256 - Last post by Cfl3028
Thanks for those sites @joseph_125 ! I placed an order at Surplus sales for 50 starter sockets to get the bulk discount.

However, their shipping pricing structure and payment verification is unclear. When I placed the order, I selected standard ground shipping(which starts at US$7) and chose to pay with PayPal(which uses a different email address than the account I set up on the site, and didn't take me to PayPal's website like other sites do). On the purchases page, it simply says "Ready to process", so I suppose they're still calculating the grand total price.
 9   General / General Discussion / Re: What kind of camera(s) do you use for your lighting-pictures?  on: December 21, 2025, 01:33:55 PM 
Started by Prismatic - Last post by Eleco_SR304
Nikon Coolpix P510, with 16 Megapixels. Pretty much a Auto Camera, but I also have a Finepix Fujifilm S6500FD which isn't used anymore.
 10   General / General Discussion / Re: What kind of camera(s) do you use for your lighting-pictures?  on: December 21, 2025, 01:30:35 PM 
Started by Prismatic - Last post by rapidstart_12
Sony DSC-S70
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