Hopefully in a couple years you won’t be there to worry about it burning out. Although building prices are on the rise again.
Yes, I'm not going to get up to the Promise land anytime soon! it looks like I'm stuck here till things mello out with the price's and supply's.
You mean the old fluorescent tubes? I've found that they break pretty easily and then they fit in the garbage can. if it fits, it ships. lol
So I had planned to go to Concord anyway and stopped a Lowes to get a GE Ultra Bright LED for the stove room in the basement. Here is what it looks like with a regular bulb. Tried to take a picture of the water heater area, but it is dark enough back there that the camera adjusted for it - so a picture would not have shown the differencte (unless I wanted to photoshop, and I don't) This is with the GE construct - much brighter The phone didn't need to manipulate the lighting - nice and bright by the water heater The controls at the bottom of the construct I have the arms rotated out (having them aimed straight down was super bright) and then the lights at 90* in the pic. Afterwards I changed the configuration a bit to make it so I'm not blinded by the one arm if I come around the corner from the dryer side. The have a 5 year guarantee and were <$30. Yes, made in China but I didn't see anything on the USA made page that would just screw into the basic light socket that is already there.
Yes! They did well and produced good light, the issue was, breaking them and they didn't seem to last but a year or so. I was a complete clutz though and I admit it! I broke "several" in a couple year time frame, my ceiling is only 8ft and after hanging them as close to the joists as I could, I still banged them with stuff! I had a 4ft'r over my work bench and popped the tubes with a barrel while cleaning the rifle. I did that more then once... After several new words I invented I finally put up the screw in light fixtures back.
As you can see here in my pics, I don't have a very big area where I reload. The new light has made a million % difference! Chinese, yes sadly but Dam... Is it bright.
As much as I hate to say it, I think this was a worth while investment for me. Again, Not American but I sure ain't cleaning up anymore tube glass. For the money, I'm sold...
BTDT. Had to pick up shards of glass from a fluorescent tube at work (machine shop) nearly 30 yrs ago that randomly broke. It was 20 feet up, and made a heck of a mess when it hit concrete.
Yup that stuff is dam near indestructible until you drop one on the garage floor. Did that a year ago now and still finding pieces.
When they first came out my parents got a set. My dad was showing how unbreakable they were. Grenade is definitely the word !!
