I once had some F96T8 HO tubes (something none of the local hardware stores ever carried) shipped to me, and thankfully they arrived intact. 

I have 2 extra NOS ITT 250w H37-5KC/W mercury lamps I would like to trade for either thickly phosphored /DX, or /WDX, or /N, or /C lamps.    These lamps appear to be manufactured for ITT by Sylvania.

My father is intending on redoing a part of the kitchen to use as a bar area. the ceiling is too short to put pendant lights so he wants a strip of some sort. he does not want the hyper modern strip lights as it will not fit the house at all...  he needs a wood trimmed light such as the LED Cambridge Linear by Lithonia Lighting However it is sadly only available in 4000K. which seems too harsh for a bar area. I was looking at the Lithonia 11430RE OA Which I could swap warm white fluorescent tubes into, or warm white LED tubes.... but it is seemingly discontinued. If anyone knows of one of these for sales somewhere or has one. that would be greatly appreciated. Alternatively... if anyone knows of a similar light, either in fluorescent or LED, that is made by a reputable brand and wont fail in the near future. that would also be nice. it needs to be the two tube type as the ceiling in that area will not accommodate a super wide fixture. 4 tube fixture will not fit. the lithonia fixtures mentioned are the right size.

Alternatively again... The majority of the light fixtures in the house are the "black bronze" type... So a strip light fixture that executes that look well and fits into a 90s era house would also be acceptable... Fluorescent or LED. Sadly cannot cram a half piper up there both due to styling constraints and space constraints  . If it was my house I would be a little more free with the styling but... it ain't.

I’m sure most of us know about the date code that Philips has used on their lamps since the 1960s. The code consists of a number which indicates the last digit of the year, and a letter which indicates the month, starting with A = January and skipping I, and the ordering of the number and letter reverses every decade.

This is one of the most well-known and easiest lamp date codes to decode, but I think where most of us become stuck (myself included) is with the ordering of the number and letter. I noticed that the position of the number happens to be even (2) for the even decades and odd (1) for the odd decades (or maybe that is intentional). The position is odd for the 1970s, 1990s, etc. and even for the 1980s, 2000s, etc..

So behold my mnemonic device for remembering this:

Position Odd, Decade Odd
Position Even, Decade Even

I hope you this helps with remembering these date codes. It will certainly help me.

I like Supermassive Black Hole, Survival, and others. I had a period where that was near-everything I listened to.

Understandable, @Ash . I have already gone through the rock phase (Muse, Radiohead, Evancescence, etc...) as well as the R&B phase (Akon, Timbaland, Mariah, etc...).

So I fully understand your transition away. It seems to be a "temporary" fixation until I find the next thing that scratches my itch. But I will always come back in time and relisten, and still enjoy what were once my "favorite" genres.

When I was younger, I really enjoyed Synthwave. Since I have all of those tracks downloaded to my phone, I usually queue them up when flying or traveling through regions with poor or nonexistent cell service.

My favourite Muse song is Supermassive black hole!

@HomeBrewLamps — I guess "Muse = Muted" 

But I certainly agree. They have a couple of songs that are decent, but some really bad offenders like 'Uprising' which has a muffled quality to it that makes it difficult to listen to and enjoy. Maybe this is intentional? I know Matt Bellamy has his own, distinct stylistic ideas.

Understandable, @Ash . I have already gone through the rock phase (Muse, Radiohead, Evancescence, etc...) as well as the R&B phase (Akon, Timbaland, Mariah, etc...).

So I fully understand your transition away. It seems to be a "temporary" fixation until I find the next thing that scratches my itch. But I will always come back in time and relisten, and still enjoy what were once my "favorite" genres.

When I was younger, I really enjoyed Synthwave. Since I have all of those tracks downloaded to my phone, I usually queue them up when flying or traveling through regions with poor or nonexistent cell service.

I like muse but I wish their mastering was better. Their recordings have a quite noticible difference from all the other music artists I have listened to.... even the ones from the 60s... it is more "muted".

Light Bulb Depot sells them and the one nearest one to me does actually carry them in store

You are right, it is in series and not parallel with the relay coil. In this case there is some starting delay and a 110V DC relay would be ok

However this circuit still does not try again if the lamp did not start or if it goes out