I picked up one of those "stick shaped" fluorescent trouble lights from
a discount autoparts store for about $25. It has worked for several
years on the same bulb and is plenty bright. My only complaint is the
bulkiness of the unit.
Trevor
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>In a message dated 12/29/04 9:55:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>spritenut@exit109.com writes:
>
>
>>I tried a 1/2 dozen of them, they all last almost a week.
>>Yeah, twice as long as filament bulbs but 1/4 as bright.
>>
>>
>
>I tried a couple of them in place of regular incandescent bulbs, noting the
>"savings" of paying 10 times as much for one of them as a regular bulb,
>because
>they are supposed to last so much longer. Crap. They blew in just a little
>more time (maybe) than a regular bulb, and I was stuck with the expense.
>Leave
>the fluerescents to the long tubular fixtures for me. 8^)
>
>--David C.
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