How have you helped other people about lighting? I helped someone today at Home Depot because they needed a new lamp for their fluorescent light.
The tube was a Philips 34 Watt F40T12 RS CW, and it had some blackening. The person said that it was "swirling", and she wanted a more soft light, so I suggested the Soft/Warm White Supreme to her, and they were the full 40 Watts, I think.

I turned a few friends away from lighting with LEDs by showing them that the lamps are basically Chinese fireworks (with Internet examples and one of my dead ones).

I also told the warehouse person to request to not have LED for the new lighting.

I saw some dude and his family carting out four of those flimsy store brand led shop lites at SAMs club. I hope to god they are replacing some junk like those lithonia crap start ones with the small chokes and capacitors as ballast. 

I saw some dude and his family carting out four of those flimsy store brand led shop lites at SAMs club. I hope to god they are replacing some junk like those lithonia crap start ones with the small chokes and capacitors as ballast. 

That seems likely because they were probably dissatisfied with their old fixture.

I convinced my local roller-skating rink to not use LED tubes because they sagged and I heard of some melting

I convinced my local roller-skating rink to not use LED tubes because they sagged and I heard of some melting

What type of fluorescents do they use?

Quote from: xelareverse on August 08, 2016, 12:45:07 PM

I convinced my local roller-skating rink to not use LED tubes because they sagged and I heard of some melting

What type of fluorescents do they use?

probably f32t8s or f40t12s.

Quote from: wattMaster on August 08, 2016, 12:59:36 PM

Quote from: xelareverse on August 08, 2016, 12:45:07 PM

I convinced my local roller-skating rink to not use LED tubes because they sagged and I heard of some melting

What type of fluorescents do they use?

probably f32t8s or f40t12s.

You need to see detail, so the lower brightness and glare of the LED tubes would not help anything.

A women came into the store where I work and asked what type of bulb she should buy for her new table lamp she was tempted to by a LED bulb but I talked her into getting a normal bulb explaining to her just how crap LEDS are

A women came into the store where I work and asked what type of bulb she should buy for her new table lamp she was tempted to by a LED bulb but I talked her into getting a normal bulb explaining to her just how crap LEDS are

That's good. The lady at Home Depot didn't seem to be interested in LED.

Quote from: xelareverse on August 08, 2016, 12:45:07 PM

I convinced my local roller-skating rink to not use LED tubes because they sagged and I heard of some melting

What type of fluorescents do they use?

F40T12 mix of preheat and RS

It must be interesting when turned on!

I told my cousin to get a GE 2D bulb when his 2nd Philips 2D bulb went EOL after less than a month. He's really pleased as the bulb has been working since January this year and still going strong 

I explained him the story behind the 2D invention and how an outsourced Chinese plant are making them under the name of PHILIPS

1. http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/D%20FLC%20Thorn%202D16.htm
2. http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/D%20FLCi%20Mazda%202DA10.htm