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Old 13th Jan 2019, 6:22 pm   #26
red16v
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Default Re: The demise of the fluorescent tube

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Originally Posted by evingar View Post
Couldn't agree more. I was ambivalent until they started swapping all the tired old florescent tubes at work with LED's - what an incredible difference ! I swapped the tubes in my workshop for LED and I'll never be going back. Instant daylight at the flick of a switch. The florescent tube in the garage will be next although the one in the loft is hard to justify swapping because of the infrequent usage.
I have two florescent lamps in my loft but often find one or sometimes both dont come on. I think this is down to the cold weather in winter as they both come on ok in the summer.

Are fluorescent ‘start ups’ affected by temperature do you know?
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