Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1785 on: January 14, 2026, 05:43:17 AM » Author: RyanF40T12
Also need to cut some of the plastic lens covers down to size to replace a bunch of broken ones.  Doing that this week.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1786 on: January 18, 2026, 10:17:48 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Last night anyways . I replaced the failed 250w R-40 heat lamp in my little "Water Room" as I noticed it was 46°f in there one my way out for dinner. The thermostat doesn't let it get below 55°f . I got 2 years out of the previous lamp which was made by Xtra Life .
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1787 on: January 18, 2026, 11:14:36 AM » Author: Maxim
@wide-lite 1000 — ya need any? I have about 250 IR lamps from Philips-Westinghouse, 50 from GE (also with the silicone ShatterGuard coating), and 20 more from Sylvania. Let me know!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1788 on: January 18, 2026, 11:15:55 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Thanks but I have close to a dozern of them thanks to ReStore . I usually get them for $1 each .
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1789 on: January 18, 2026, 11:19:20 AM » Author: Maxim
I got mine for free.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1790 on: January 18, 2026, 03:02:12 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
replaced all the broken lens covers in my post above, and also replaced a ballast that had a screw driven thru it from up in the attic
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1791 on: January 18, 2026, 03:12:38 PM » Author: RyanF40T12
Took out a GE MVR150/U/MED metal halide bulb that went kablooey inside.  either at EOL or due to some other failure.  The tube wasn't very black..  Put in a LU150/med temporarily until new MH bulb arrives.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1792 on: January 19, 2026, 06:02:31 AM » Author: wide-lite 1000
Quote from: RyanF40T12 on January 18, 2026, 03:02:12 PM replaced all the broken lens covers in my post above, and also replaced a ballast that had a screw driven thru it from up in the attic    Now that's funny !!!!
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1793 on: January 19, 2026, 06:32:12 PM » Author: suzukir122
Scored a very rare cold temp magnetic HPF Trigger Start ballasted F15T12 fixture on Ebay earlier this morning around 12am, I believe. Bought it immediately, as soon as I saw it. It was the only one available though. The rest that I've found are LPF standard Rapid Start ballasted fixtures. I'm waiting for it in the mail, but will post it in my gallery once I receive it. I now own 7 cold temp HPF magnetic Trigger Start/Rapid Start ballasts.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1794 on: January 21, 2026, 02:13:30 PM » Author: suzukir122
I received my HPF cold temp ballasted F15T12 fixture today: https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-265699.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1797 on: January 24, 2026, 04:22:00 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Last light thing I did was friday. Replaced the failed ballast in this fixture (nothing special, standard electronic 2xF32)
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1798 on: January 24, 2026, 09:13:45 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
Repaired 6 sets of LED Christmas lights this evening.
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	Re: What did you do today lighting wise? « Reply #1799 on: January 24, 2026, 09:53:37 PM » Author: Maxim
Relamped my PL-T 32w Lithonia fixture early in the evening; old lamp went Mercury-starved. Reset the Intermatic wall timer (replaced the battery, reprogrammed) for our garage lights, and swapped out an EOL 16W Feit LED for an "Outdoor" variant of the Philips Marathon. With the frigid weather, the lamp was very hesitant to even start up. Also turned the 70w OVZ back on, running it four hours a night now, at minimum. First startup since late fall at this point now...
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