Bill wrote:


You'll probably save $14 too! I'm considering purchasing about
15--and I want 'em quiet! : )

When I built my last computer, I used a fanless graphics card and
tossed in an extra $100 for a quiet (decent quality) power supply. No hard
drives either--SSD. Maybe having quiet is a lot like having
a sharp Brad point drill... : )


I put the cheapest 4 foot fixtures Home Depot sold in my garage - 15 of
them. At the time, those $8 fixtures used a -10 degree C ballast. I
figured 14 degrees F was good enough for me since my garage never gets that
cold. They are dead quiet. Can't tell you what the THD is on them - don't
really care. They were cheap, work well and are quiet. Unfortunately, Home
Depot's cheapest now is $9 and change, and it does not use a low temp
ballast like that. Can't remember what they are now, but it seems to me
they might be something like 50 degrees F.

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-Mike-