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Re: light - was benches

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Subject: Re: light - was benches
From: James R Ferguson <jferg@twave.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 96 10:11:04 -0500 (EST)
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 09:39:21
>To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
>From: James R Ferguson <jferg@twave.net>
>Subject: Re: light - was benches
>Cc: MG maillist
>
>At 01:42 AM 1/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>-> In all truth, though, I've found the $5 each fluorescent "workshop"
>>-> fixtures, all over the place, to be the best deal in lighting my
>>-> shop.
>>
>> What I've never figured out was, why the light was $8-$10, but a
>>replacement ballast is $15-$20.  Cheaper to just buy a new light, though
>>it offends my sensibilities.
>>    
>
>I thought that the $5 lights had an "electronic" ballast not the better
transformer type.  Thus, a poor startup, but lower price.

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Jim Ferguson


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