[sudo-discuss] need another 8-foot light bulb in sudoroom

[robb]

following is a link to the leds bought for the basement: 6 fixtures for $38
https://www.amazon.com/Barrina-Integrated-Fixture-Utility-electric/dp/B01HBT3BVM/ref=sr_1_2?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1526098073&sr=1-2&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A5676449011%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A6358196011%2Cp_n_feature_ten_browse-bin%3A5587112011
the color temp is maybe a little too cool (white) but they are bright

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 2:12 AM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sounds great. Zero regrets about the Home Depot version we bought though,
> since it's still significantly better than the old 8ft fluorescents, and it
> got us to turn the lights back on within about an hour without any
> rewiring.
>
> Patrik
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> 12:40 < Rab> jerkey_, I was greatly agitated by reading this: (link to
>> this thread)
>> 12:41 < Rab> Colleagues can't let colleages spend $45 on feeble
>> Counterfeit Electric trash. This is the superior chocobo:
>>              https://www.ledmyplace.com/products/t8-8ft-v-shape-led-tube
>> -60w-integrated-5000k-frosted
>> 12:42 < Rab> It weighs three pounds, so you can just secure it to the
>> existing fixture with zip ties if need be.
>> 12:43 < Rab> I installed four of these at Jerry's last week.
>> 13:03 <@amatus> the home depot one "can operate in existing fluorescent
>> fixtures with ballasts"
>> 13:03 <@amatus> if that's what's required...
>> 13:05 < Rab> A flawed solution, for what would be an ill set of
>> requirements.
>> 13:06 <@amatus> just thought it should be mentioned
>> 15:07 < jerkey_> rab send a damned email to the list
>>
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote:
>>
>> Note that Home Depot does have 8ft LED replacement bulbs
>>> <https://www.homedepot.com/p/Feit-Electric-8-ft-T8-T12-75W-E
>>> quivalent-Cool-White-4100K-Linear-LED-Tube-Light-Bulb-T96-84
>>> 1-LED-RP/206036837>.
>>>
>>> They're $45 - still a bit too expensive, but they should pay for
>>> themselves
>>> within a year or two.
>>>
>>> We have one in CCL, I think above the fermentation station. We're
>>> planning
>>> to buy more of those as the fluorescents wear out, at least until such
>>> time
>>> as we decide to swap out the light fixtures altogether...
>>>
>>> Patrik
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gerard went and grabbed two modern thin fluorescent tubes, and Matthew
>>>> replaced
>>>> the bad one, and he said he might swap also the bad one in the fixture
>>>> above
>>>> the laser cutter.
>>>>
>>>> this was done using the freestanding ladder near the upstairs fridge.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If we've exhausted the fluorescent consumables and there are still
>>>>
>>>>> fixtures elsewhere in the Omni that can use these lights, I'd love to
>>>>> start
>>>>> working on LED conversion next tuesday.  We have a freestanding ladder
>>>>> that
>>>>> can reach all those fixtures, right?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2018-07-12 20:34, Jake wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> are there any more working 8-foot-long fluorescent lightbulbs in omni?
>>>>>> one of
>>>>>> the ones in the northeast corner of sudoroom has stopped working (the
>>>>>> west one)
>>>>>> and the whole fixture is dark now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> of course we should migrate to another type of light in the future,
>>>>>> but
>>>>>> i think
>>>>>> we should use up all the fluorescent lights before we do that.
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