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Old 19th Nov 2017, 10:01 am   #23
cheerfulcharlie
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Default Re: Workshop: LED replacements for flourescent tubes.

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Originally Posted by 1100 man View Post
I suppose, amongst other things, you could call me a 'fluorophile'. I've had a love affair with fluorescent tubes since I was a kid and it was probably a significant reason I became an electrician!!
I have always felt there is something missing from an LED light glow but I have not worked out what it is yet.. LOL- eg.sure the new streetlamps are nice and white but they don't seem as penetrating or maybe have oomph (if they are the right words even) as the old variously coloured ones..

As a child I was fascinated by the streetlights we had in an alley way-they looked a bit like an ordinary bulb - but not quite -and gave off this rather mysterious not quite white glow (that penetrated fog etc) and nothing like the standard sodium lamps.Of course later found out these were mercury lamps.

As for LED lamps the jury is still out for me after all the failures of this so called 'lasting at least 20,000 hours' lamp.
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