Ah I didn't know if you bought them on Home Depot's website and had them shipped to your house. Is anyone living there right now? I know you were alone for awhile because your dad was away but is he back or is the house being watched by neighbors or something? (not that you'd really have any burglars on a quiet remote island though, would you? I guess you can't rule anything out but is Port Alexander one of those places where everyone knows everybody?)
Yeah the unit price ain't bad but when I see $77 I have second thoughts lol. Hopefully they last well and don't fail prematurely. I don't think the Philips T12s have problems with bad batches but some of the T8s do/did. Places that used them here would have them go starved ALL the time. The older ones with the shield logo were great though. Sure they were Altos but they still seemed to have a decent amount of mercury in them.
I have met up with seven (that I can think of, LOL) enthusiasts. Nick, when he was traveling through the area. And Joe up in Ontario when I was on vacation up there. The rest are all from Rhode Island or Massachusetts. Would love to meet up with more enthusiasts. Would be cool to have a GoL/LG meet-n-greet of some sorts but we're all pretty well scattered so traveling would be a bit of a pain (we're all across the globe!).
BTW, I'm posting a pic of one of the fresnel recessed cans from my college on LG. Check it out! I'm thinking about finding something to stand on, locking the bathroom door and bringing in a couple bulbs to relamp the two in a small bathroom on the ground floor. Just to see them working.
I'd like to use 150W clear incandescents since that's probably what's actually inside them (I can see a larger than A19 lamp inside one, looks like it might be A23 or something) but I think the incandescent lamp would burn my hand if I tried screwing it in with the power on (the switch is broken so the lights are stuck on, well light. The only light that works is the 2X F32T8 wall-mounted vanity fixture over the sinks. The two cans are out cold. Probably still connected though.)
I've seen some fresnel bathroom cans that actually do work, but they're using undersized lamps, probably 60W equivalent. They're pathetically dim. I'd use nothing smaller than a 100W= CFL. I'll check WalMart, Lowe's or Home Depot for some clearance-priced 100W or 150W= CFLs. I'd prefer daylight so that they really "pop out" compared to all the /WW CFLs and 4100K linear fluorescents and electronic PLs.
The most difficult thing here will be getting a stool or something to stand on and get it in the bathroom without being seen. The rest is easy. Lock the door, change the bulbs, toss the dead ones, and just stick the stool/chair/whatever in the corner of the bathroom and leave lol. Once it's in it can stay there lol.