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Unfolding Nature Shop: Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order

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Question for the EE's and wannabe's out there...
    #7563717 - 10/26/07 03:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I have several 24" 18W / T8 (F18T8) fluorescent lighting ballasts in the house and I need to order replacement bulbs and I'll be damned if I can't find anything but Cool White lamps to fit it.

I did find a 24" 17W F17T8 in the 6500K range that would fit it - and I know that under/overpowering your bulb can be dangerous - but I was wondering, practicality wise if the 1W difference would be substantial enough to cause anything other than a slightly shorter lifespan on the bulb itself?

On one hand I have an electrician friend that thinks the worst that will come of it is that the bulb life will likely be cut in half but on the other hand I have heard many-a-horror story of ballasts catching fire because from the same thing...


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figgusfiddus said:
Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.


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