I had another one this morning in which my school got some grant to become totally solar-powered, etc. This I guess meant reducing energy consumption by converting fluorescents to LEDs? I walked into a small entryway (door , small room with one 2X40 wraparound and another door in real life) and saw one of the lamps had been changed...the diffuser was off and there was a GE Ecolux lamp in there? Then someone I know (building maintenance people that is) was retrofitting some fixtures in the same area. I saw a green/yellow Universal Therm-O-Matic ballast in a pile of removed stuff and asked about removed lamps/ballasts but they said probably not, it's one of those stupid grants. I said "I don't want you go get in trouble for dispersing the stuff to the general public" then woke up. Funny enough, that 4 Non Blondes song "What's up" (And I pray/oh my god then I pray/ I pray every single day/ for revolution) was stuck in my head...that's what I think of the way those grants mandate disposal/destruction of anything removed LOL.
In real life, though, a 4XF96T12/VHO turret would be cool. (And bright!)
I like the Chroma 50 name better than "Sunshine" or "Closet & Laundry" or whatever they're called now. I like Sylvania Design 50 better though, I have both in the same room and the D50 is brighter I think and the color is less purplish than the GE C50s.
The 4' preheat project is now 2-lamp. I stuck in a half-dead Lumi-Kon LPF rapid start ballast for the other lamp. Still need FS-4 starters, as the one will light a 40w lamp successfully but only for a little bit then will cycle again and again. I tested a bunch of my 40w lamps on preheat though as of now to say the least.
I eventually hope to find a REAL preheat fixture, then rip the homemade guts out of that Sears shoplight it's in now and convert that thing back to what it should be: HPF rapid start. Ideally a nice post-PCB full power ballast too.
I might add I had that thing running as a worklight while painting my room last night and that VitaLite PowerTwist lamp blows a 34w cool white right out of the water in brightness!