Yeah, I have a Sylvania F30T8 with bakelite end caps too. When did Philips stop using them anyways, I have an appliance fluorescent from 1990 that still had the bakelite ends.
Bakelite? Hmm. Never heard of that... Are all blackenders made with that instead of metal endcaps? Thanks Dave! How common are these AGRO-LITE lamps? Do these have a month stamped on there too or just the year?
Bakelite are a type of plastic and usually brown in color...they are older types of plastics and the first plastic made.....if you rub that plastic with your finger it gives out a smell....
I had a Philips Agro-Lite lamp at one time...