Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1695 on: January 12, 2025, 10:20:11 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Last week anyways . I swapped out the Lithonia Pre-heat twin F8T5 fixture in my kitchen  ( https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5198&pos=217&pid=169890 ) for a no name F14T5 instant start fixture I got from ReStore for $3 .  The Lithonia kept eating the same lamp and I got tired of replacing it . The new fixture came with a Keystone 841 T5 tube and a ElCheapo Keystone electronic ballast ( the one that is just a circuit board mounted on a plate with a piece of plastic around it so someone can't electrocute themselves . The new fixture uses less wattage and is brighter .
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1696 on: January 25, 2025, 04:17:14 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Took down a couple Christmas trees, as I removed the lights I went through each set & replaced any dead LEDs before putting it away.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1697 on: February 16, 2025, 08:18:35 AM » Author: LightsAreBright27
Today, I almost got a heart attack thinking all my violet and UV leds and lasers were dying. Instead of a bright purple spot, there were only dim white spots. Then I realised my new glasses came with a UV protective coating...
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1698 on: February 19, 2025, 12:35:09 AM » Author: Baked bagel 11
Today I saved a GEC Z5681!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1699 on: February 22, 2025, 11:34:46 AM » Author: Robotjulep
Yesterday and today, I was overhauling my gallery.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1700 on: February 22, 2025, 01:25:59 PM » Author: LightsAreBright27
Well, today I had to discard some fluorescent tubes, not by choice, but due to no room. I am still a bit sad about the T12s which had only slight wear marks, but i kept the rare coloured tubes
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1701 on: March 24, 2025, 12:31:47 AM » Author: 108CAM
Back after yet another break due to personal reasons and a house move. Got some hauls from during the break that I need to post alongside some other lighting related items.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1702 on: March 24, 2025, 12:46:17 AM » Author: Baked bagel 11
@108CAM did you get any more streetlights?
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1703 on: March 25, 2025, 06:01:52 PM » Author: 108CAM
@Baked bagel 11 Yes I have. Most of my collection is stored at my parents factory but will eventually come to the new house once my new work area is ready. At the moment, it's being used to store the lawn mower, some of my dad's motorbikes and a few garden tools.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1704 on: March 25, 2025, 07:10:11 PM » Author: Baked bagel 11
What are the new ones?
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1705 on: March 28, 2025, 10:28:01 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Today I disassembled my recent purchase , a Coleman propane lantern as I found the gas valve is bad and won't shut-off ! I just ordered a replacement from eBay .
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1706 on: April 11, 2025, 12:23:36 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
The ballast in one of my fish lights EOL'ed today. First I figured it was just a dead lamp, but changing them made no difference. So I just swapped out the whole light (& put original lamps back in) The other light I took apart (which it wasn't made to do). What an overall cheezy thing. Plastic cover over the lamps is thin & flimsy (and alittle melted where ends of the lamps are). The lampholders simply sit inplace. Ballast is just a circuitboard wrapped in clear plastic.. There's no way I could fit a 'real' ballast in it. If I was to fix, I'd have to mount a new ballast on the outside. I don't know if I'll even bother, or just junk the whole unit.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1707 on: April 13, 2025, 07:47:17 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Installed a 2xF40 & a 2xF30 fixtures in a shed (space wasn't long enough for a pair of F40 fixtures). They're just wired as a plug-in since I have no plans to run power to the shed. Ideally such things should be converted to electronic ballasts so they'd fire up reliably in cold... but the chances that I'd even be going in that shed during winter are pretty minimal, so kept 'em as magnetic RS.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1709 on: April 29, 2025, 02:41:44 PM » Author: lightsofpahrump
I posted in my off topic album!!!
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