Boomyal
Supreme Mariner
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- Aug 16, 2003
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A green weenie I am not. Practical I am. In the course of our 20 year home refresh it was apparent that the outside lights had to go. They were ugly, the wife liked to leave them burning all the time and they went thru bulbs like nobodies business.
I went shopping for new fixtures and amidst the plethora of gaudy, over priced fixtures, my eye fell on a light design that came in three different sizes plus a fourth for a post or column mounted one.
I just got them installed and hooked up. We really like the design but the great part is that they are 13w flourescent with a seperate ballast (unlike the cheapy curlieque screw ins) and they are ambient light controlled.
This is sweet. Now we have four nice bright lites, totaling 52w burning all night long whereas each of their predecessors were 60w each. And because of the old light fixture design, they did not put out near the usable light.
..and yes, that is a firestove chimney you see rising above in the second picture. I am using carbon credits I received by going to outside flourescent light fixtures.
I went shopping for new fixtures and amidst the plethora of gaudy, over priced fixtures, my eye fell on a light design that came in three different sizes plus a fourth for a post or column mounted one.
I just got them installed and hooked up. We really like the design but the great part is that they are 13w flourescent with a seperate ballast (unlike the cheapy curlieque screw ins) and they are ambient light controlled.
This is sweet. Now we have four nice bright lites, totaling 52w burning all night long whereas each of their predecessors were 60w each. And because of the old light fixture design, they did not put out near the usable light.
..and yes, that is a firestove chimney you see rising above in the second picture. I am using carbon credits I received by going to outside flourescent light fixtures.