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Brian wrote:
I recently lost my light hood due to an electrical short - a small fire
quickly put out. I had two T-8 fluorescents. Since I have this
opportunity to start from scratch, I'm considering going with compact
fluorescents instead of the old T-8s. Is there any advantage in CFL?
With the 96W lamp, I can definitely get more watts in the tank, but I
wasn't doing too badly before. Any other advantages to CFL? Certainly,
the T-8 bulbs are cheaper. Thanks,

Yes. You can get more light per square foot with CFL. And they're more
efficient in the first place. If you avoid buying tubes at petshop
and get them from lighting distributors (warm white is FINE) they're
not terribly expensive.


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