[Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot

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That would give you a larger light source for brighter and softer illumination, both a big win.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
> To: "shop-talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:30:30 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Dimmable CFLs at Home Depot
>
> > Since I don't have other lighting
> > (or outlets/circuits to add additional lighting) I use the opener
> lights
> > as my work lights in the garage.  
> 
> Just a thought, could you put an adapter in the existing socket, and
> plug a
> standalone fluorescent fixture into it?  Mount it to the opener
> housing, a
> nearby joist, or even on chains hanging from the rafters.
> 
> Randall