On 3/26/2011 11:53 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Repair or replace. That question often comes up here. I had two examples
in the past week.

I have a Rubbermaid mailbox and post that wad damaged in the snowstorms.
Replacement post, delivered $54
New mailbox and post $52

The light under the kitchen cabinet burned out. It is a fluorescent
fixture that takes an F15 bulb
Replacement bulb $6.88
New fixture including bulb $6.96
The fixture is "assembled in USA" too.

Makes one wonder how they do the pricing of this stuff.

What kind of ballast did either light have? I'll make a SWAG
that the heavy copper wire ballast will now be more costly than
an electronic switching ballast with small light transformers.
At one time electronic ballasts were more expensive than boat
anchor ballasts.

TDD