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Trouble light: WAS: laser wheel alignment DIY

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Subject: Trouble light: WAS: laser wheel alignment DIY
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:04:54 -0500
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I picked up one of those "stick shaped" fluorescent trouble lights from 
a discount autoparts store for about $25.  It has worked for several 
years on the same bulb and is plenty bright.  My only complaint is the 
bulkiness of the unit.

Trevor

DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:

>In a message dated 12/29/04 9:55:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>spritenut@exit109.com writes: 
>  
>
>>I tried a 1/2 dozen of them, they all last almost a week.
>>Yeah, twice as long as filament bulbs but 1/4 as bright.
>>    
>>
>
>I tried a couple of them in place of regular incandescent bulbs, noting the 
>"savings" of paying 10 times as much for one of them as a regular bulb, 
>because 
>they are supposed to last so much longer.  Crap. They blew in just a little 
>more time (maybe) than a regular bulb, and I was stuck with the expense.  
>Leave 
>the fluerescents to the long tubular fixtures for me.  8^)
>
>--David C.





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