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Mercury Vapour Bucket Light
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I put this fixture together from a Heath Zenith bucket light head, a replacement 12" refractor on clearance and a new Sylvania 175W DX lamp. It is mounted on a "arm" made out of a piece of 1 1/4" EMT bent to 90 degrees and wired to a switch instead of being controlled by the PC. The PC is still installed though but with the eye taped over so it acts like a shorting cap.
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@ Aaron; yeah my parents don't mind me installing fluorescents either.
I just had an idea...why not put some noisy HID light on a timer to wake you up in the morning? Someone should try that!
@ Andy; well i'm pretty sure my grandpa is the only one in the state (hell maybe the WORLD) that has a F90T17 desk light!
BTW, I swapped the sylvanias and the GEs between the RS and PH shoplights. The Sylvanias flicker int he preheat one too.
Like those F32T8 /735 Alto 2 lamps I've been using Them in the kitchen light for 2 years they get maybe 10-20 starts per day and 5 hours use per day
BTW, joe what kind of fluoro is that in the pic?
I considered replacing this with the Powerlite gumball but the gumball weighed a ton with the glass refractor so the yardlight stays.
I also have fluorescent lights in my room in Alaska! They're preheat circline adapters and those Metalux/Gibson fixtures I scored in January from my school, one of which I have converted to 3-lamp!