lighting idea?

Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both inline
and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?
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Larry Blanchard wrote:
Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket.

Do you have a link? (Have no experience with them myself - they sound
very interesting.)

Coral life makes them, and thewre is some brand sold in wal mart whose
name I do not recall. The coral life is a 50/50 bulb which is fine for
sal****er but not needed for fw or fw plants but it does add a nice
blue hue to some fw things, and makes any florescent stuff on
decorations stand out....
They do tend to run somewhat hotter than the typical incandescant
lights do, and a bit hotter than equal true pin type PCs do....so just
beaware heat may be an issue in some tanks / hoods


On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:39:17 -0800, Larry Blanchard
wrote:
Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both inline
and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?

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"Larry Blanchard" wrote in message
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Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both inline
and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?
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These screw-in fluorescent bulbs work great in incandescent reflectors and
save a lot of money. There's also a lot less heat to deal with.
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I use them in my sump ... got nice ones with reflectors ...
output 10w ech equal to 100 w
poped in 3 of these
plants love it ... not nice for display tanks cause of the light
http://www.smarthome.com/903240.html

the suspended setup makes for very attractive lighting .... so probably
depends on the type of fish you have ,,,

"Roy" wrote in message
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Coral life makes them, and thewre is some brand sold in wal mart whose
name I do not recall. The coral life is a 50/50 bulb which is fine for
sal****er but not needed for fw or fw plants but it does add a nice
blue hue to some fw things, and makes any florescent stuff on
decorations stand out....
They do tend to run somewhat hotter than the typical incandescant
lights do, and a bit hotter than equal true pin type PCs do....so just
beaware heat may be an issue in some tanks / hoods


On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:39:17 -0800, Larry Blanchard
wrote:
Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both inline
and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?

--
\\\|///
( @ @ )
-----------oOOo(_)oOOo---------------


oooO
---------( )----Oooo----------------
\ ( ( )
\_) ) /
(_/
The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

Larry Blanchard wrote in
:

Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both
inline and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?

Hi Larry,
Got a link for those sockets? Their use sounds interesting.

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Cheers,
Kurt

i usually get these ,,,,

http://www.eurolux.com/


"Kurt" wrote in message
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Larry Blanchard wrote in
:

Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both
inline and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?

Hi Larry,
Got a link for those sockets? Their use sounds interesting.

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Cheers,
Kurt

sorry link is not workin ... try this one ...
http://www.eurolux.co.za/product.asp

"sew crazy" wrote in message
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i usually get these ,,,,

http://www.eurolux.com/


"Kurt" wrote in message
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Larry Blanchard wrote in
:

Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket. Both
inline and square pin versions.

Seems like this would be another path to some cheap lighting. Has
anyone else seen or used these?

Hi Larry,
Got a link for those sockets? Their use sounds interesting.

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Cheers,
Kurt

Roy wrote:

Coral life makes them, and thewre is some brand sold in wal mart whose
name I do not recall.

No, you're thinking about the screw-in compact fluorescents. The ones
that come with threads that fit an incandescent socket. That's not
what I'm talking about, although I've used those.

A regular compact fluorescent has either 4 pins in a straight line, or 4
pins in a rectangular arrangement. It won't screw in to anything.
What I saw was an adaptor that did screw into a regular socket and then
you could plug in the 4 pin compact bulb.

Did that clarify what I'm talking about?

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Rocco Moretti wrote:

Larry Blanchard wrote:
Perusing the web the other day, I came across compact fluorescent
sockets that could be screwed into an incandescent socket.

Do you have a link? (Have no experience with them myself - they sound
very interesting.)

OK, I looked it up again, here it is:

http://www.goodmart.com/products/com...adapters .htm

The only problem is they only sell them by the dozen. I haven' looked
around to see if they're available elsewhere.


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