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Re: What Homemade Fixtures Have You Made? « Reply #15 on: October 25, 2022, 11:57:15 PM » Author: funkybulb
  I choppped up one of  those crappy T5 28 watt lithonia fixture
  Down to fit 2x 4 watt tubes.   I orginally wanted light two
  Tubes with one starter and 1 choke.  That did not work out very
 Well.   So i had to use two chokes and mount starter socket exterally to the  end plate.   And there  2 x 4 watt strip light was
  Made.
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Re: What Homemade Fixtures Have You Made? « Reply #16 on: October 26, 2022, 11:57:09 AM » Author: RadiantMV
I’ve haven’t made any fixtures yet, but one day I’d love to make a working carbon arc lamp based on the old models from the 1900s. I know it’s definitely possible but would take a lot of work.
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Re: What Homemade Fixtures Have You Made? « Reply #17 on: October 26, 2022, 11:58:56 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Here is a video of my 13w-15w external starter preheat CFL adapter running some Japanese Panasonic FTL13 and FGL13 diffused non-integrated CFL lamps:

https://youtu.be/64QJceVGCBk
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Re: What Homemade Fixtures Have You Made? « Reply #18 on: October 29, 2022, 09:35:43 PM » Author: Cole D.
I made a “radial wave” with a yogurt cup with socket for the “head” and a aluminum pie tin for the shade. The “arm” was a curved PVC conduit glued to the “head” with a hole for the cord to pass into the cup.
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Re: What Homemade Fixtures Have You Made? « Reply #19 on: October 29, 2022, 11:17:16 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
A couple of table lamps (incandescent), way back when I was middle/high school aged

And over the last 10years or so, various fluorescent fixtures ranging from 1' up to 6'
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