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N8N wrote:

On Feb 18, 9:08*am, "Blattus Slafaly £ ¥ 0/00 "
wrote:

Get rid of all that hardware and install some sockets with compact
fluorescents.

I'd rather not do that; this is a basement with a low (7 foot or
thereabouts) ceiling with a drop ceiling below it. Any decrease in
headroom will be an invitation to bonk your head, and I don't want to
go to can lights because they'd probably be less efficient.

Can lights are definitely less efficient. Also, keep in mind that
compact fluorescents tend to overheat in can lights, unless you get ones
that are known to be good for such heat hellholes.

In general, compact fluorescents have about 2/3 the efficiency of T8
4-footers, don't last as long as 4-footers, and cost more than 4-footers.
Use T8 when you can.

- Don Klipstein )