Any Electricians on the board?

[oldbuck40]

Right you are! yea and since we have pulled all the 12's out of the shop here at work and replaced with T8's  And yes they come on when its cold or humid just as soon as you flip the switch. Plus it lowered the shops elec. bill about 100 bucks a month.

well lookee here you lurkin mofo you, lol.... :cheesy:

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[customtouch]

Well I just found out another interesting factoid. As of July of 2012 the government stopped the production of T-12 bulbs so in the near future it is going to get harder and more expensive to find them forcing everyone to go to the new T-8 fixtures & bulbs. MARVELOUS!!!!!

i knew the t12s were being faded out,  but didn't know the Gov was befind it,  guess it has to do with the mercury,

It is part of some new energy bill.

 

[jdeaton]

Just buy set of army surplus night vision googles, then you dont need no stinkin lights. jump.gif

 

[ChryslerJet]

Just buy set of army surplus night vision googles, then you dont need no stinkin lights. jump.gif

I wonder how that would work with mixing paint colors for the boats??

 

[customtouch]

Problem solved!!! I will save a lot of electricity with these, at least until the government bans them!!!  :grin:

 

[Patchman]

Problem solved!!! I will save a lot of electricity with these, at least until the government bans them!!!  :grin:

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[jdeaton]

Now your thinking out of the box!  Or kitty litter box for Patch.

 

[Patchman]

No inside cats! All are outside cats! :smile30:

 

[blazeracer]

I had a couple of ballasts go bad in some 4 foot lights in the old shop and it was cheaper just to buy a two pack of complete fixtures that had ballasts already in them. This shop has some kind of metal halide lights that take 10 mintutes to warm up and are about $35 a bulb to replace. Hate em!! Was thinking about switching this entire shop over to florescent at some point.

 

[KONA77]

I had a couple of ballasts go bad in some 4 foot lights in the old shop and it was cheaper just to buy a two pack of complete fixtures that had ballasts already in them. This shop has some kind of metal halide lights that take 10 mintutes to warm up and are about $35 a bulb to replace. Hate em!! Was thinking about switching this entire shop over to florescent at some point.

in my opinion,  stay with the metal halide lights,  Right now I only put one fluorescent lite in the shop,  when i have the budget,  I'm putting the metal halides in there,  i hate fluorescents

 

[blazeracer]

Came in this morning and another one is out.... Right now there are two dead, $70 to replace them both. Grrrrrrrrr.....

 

[KONA77]

can't really comment on that,  don't know how old the fixtures are or the bulbs,  nothing last for every,  especially after the 2000,  we use these type of lights as fishing light here on the coast,  for the reason they give us the service life....  and the bulbs we use are $50 a piece,  maybe you are buying cheap bulbs,  lol,  j/K

 

[blazeracer]

There is a little tag on the ballast that says what specific bulb to use. That's the ones I get. The other one came on 1/2 hour later. They do that on occasion for some reason.

 

[KONA77]

I was just messin with you  lol    all these ballast and transformer fixtures get quirky with age...  :smile17:

 

[customtouch]

I was just messin with you  lol    all these ballast and transformer fixtures get quirky with age...  :smile17:

I don't think that statement is limited to just ballast and transformer fixtures!!!!!!  think.gif  :grin:

 

[KONA77]

I was just messin with you  lol    all these ballast and transformer fixtures get quirky with age...  :smile17:

I don't think that statement is limited to just ballast and transformer fixtures!!!!!!  think.gif  :grin:

now this made me laugh,  lol  :laugh:

 

[jroberts88]

Problem solved!!! I will save a lot of electricity with these, at least until the government bans them!!!  :grin:

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Patch you cant talk about lighting. Its hard to see anything in your shop.. you need MORE lighting...

 

[Devilman]

Patch you cant talk about lighting. Its hard to see anything in your shop.. you need MORE lighting...

I think you could take the roof off his shop & the sun couldn't even light that place up.  :grin:

 

[Patchman]

If you have eyes like a cat, it's plenty bright in my shop! Stay in your own shop then! :smile30: :smile16: Coming from a kid who has a fire hazard storage stall! Hope the fire marshal don't see your riggin!