No more $5 ballasts from Lowes?
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VectorJunkie
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I think this is the HD Part.
Store SKU # 667272
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...eDir=hdus&catalogId=10053&productId=100493831
p1899m
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home depot carries sylvania brand ballasts and as of moments ago they are not on sale at my local home depot. Still $5 each. They were on sale at my local Lowes however so I bought the last 8 they had. Good price too. Lowes carries advance brand BTW.
An I the only one that puts these in?
I always take those out when I find them. The last three cabinets that had them had two patches of charcoal on the top piece above them.
They used a single 25 W light bulb in Easy bake ovens and they regularly exceeded 500 degrees F. Imagine what two 75W bulbs will do in that little enclosed space.
That is why I use fluorescents. I'd use cold cathodes if they were more cost effective.
ken
shardian
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CFL's dude. CFL's. Why would anyone use 2 75 watt bulbs! Even before CFL, I would have used the small, low wattage bulbs.
I'm going to check my Lowes on the way home. Can't beat the closeout prices. If they don't have them I will just buy a few from Home Depot to keep around.
I had them check area stores when I stopped into the local one here in Lewisville. The Carrollton store had 7 listed on the computer. I just got back from cleaning them out.
$1.37ea plus tax.
I don't know that they would, other than the fact that of the three cabs that I have found those light fixtures in. I had a burned out 75 watt bulb in one, one had both bulbs broken but the bases said they were 100 watt bulbs and the third one didn't have bulbs, but had scorch marks through the wood and the paint on the top was peeling.
Putting those in a machine is just asking for trouble with the possibility of some ignorant redneck putting a 150 Watt spotlight bulb in there, 'cause that was all he had handy.
At least with a fluorescent fixture your potential damage is limited.
I agree that with the availability of CFL bulbs nowadays that they are a reasonable choice. But it still is an incandescent base and I have always believed Murphy was an optimist.
ken
You're supposed to use 25w incandescent bulbs with those, but I'd rather simply use 5w CFL's... cheap and works great. Oh yeah...they're not too hot either.
EDIT: ...and my keepers will be with me long enough that I won't have to worry about said redneck scenario for some time to come.
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That and they actually WORK! Those elctronic piles o' poop crap out way too soon.
Matt
An I the only one that puts these in?
Those are fine until some dope puts a 100Watt bulb in the socket!
Matt
R3LL1K
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I think 25 watt incandescent bulbs should be okay but I only use CFL's at the lowest wattage I have on hand. I don't like my marquees getting baked so I try to keep it as cool as possible in there.
Oh and Ken, Easy Bake ovens use 100 watt clear incandescent bulbs. I know because I had to go buy some of these a week ago for my daughter.
Riptor
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You can use the ballast out of the cheap fixtures in the original light fixtures. Most of them dont have mounting brackets since they snap in the plastic housing but you can uncrimp the bracket from your original and recrimp on the new one.
I have used ballasts, bulb sockets and stater sockets for sale on my webpage. I stripped out a bunch of slot machines and each one had 4-6 lights in them.
I have used ballasts, bulb sockets and stater sockets for sale on my webpage. I stripped out a bunch of slot machines and each one had 4-6 lights in them.
thebman80
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It's not to hard to wire up some super bright LED's into a light bar configuration. I'm going to be messing with that over the winter best part is its easy to just wire up the LED's to run off of 12V. So not really that much modification needed if you have a newer power supply in your cabinet already.
Peale
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Peale
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An I the only one that puts these in?
They don't have the even lighting of a florescent, plus power usage and heat generation. Unless you use CFLs, but compared to the F15T8 much more expensive.
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modessitt
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Well, I think I'm going to start checking every damn Lowe's I see for now. Especially when I'm out int he smaller towns.
At least I'm not the only one...
At least I'm not the only one...
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modessitt
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Here's another source. $3.65 each if you buy in lots of 10. They have a $25 minimum order though, so the $4.60/ea or $4.10 each for a lot of 5 might not work....
http://www.competitiveproducts.com/list.php?id=276
http://www.competitiveproducts.com/list.php?id=276
mattosborn
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Thanks for the heads-up guys. I just hit my local Lowes and grabbed a bunch of ballasts... on clearance for 24 cents each!!!
Lecithin
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I just bought a ballast, starter, and bulb for mine and they had plenty of all three in stock.
mrbill2084
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do you guys have a lot of ballast failing? I can't remember replacing more than 2 or 3. Is it a weather related problem?
As for using light bulbs, it bugs me to see the uneven lighting in the marquee. I would pull them if any of my games had them..
As for using light bulbs, it bugs me to see the uneven lighting in the marquee. I would pull them if any of my games had them..
