On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:02:11 -0400, Michael A Terrell
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:45:58 -0400, Michael A Terrell
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:07:47 -0400, Michael A Terrell
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wrote:
On Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 3:21:37 PM UTC-4, Ignoramus17018 wrote:
It used to be difficult to sell a light bulb for more than $1. And
those would last a while.

Nowadays, they can sell $35 light bulbs, that last only a year, and
that could even get your house hacked.

https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-Equi...dp/B01HF2CMM4/

This is an amazing accomplishment and something that any old time
crook would be proud of.

Do you remember my posting about Walmart selling 8.5 watt led bulbs? I checked on the internet and they are now $1.34 each ( actually $5.54 for four ) . I said I would post when one fails. And I will, but none have failed so far.

Considering that they last longer , $1.34 each is not bad.


I bought a package of four of those. So far, two of the four have
failed. First they would start to flicker, then they failed completely.

Have you designed an inexpensive replacement power supply for them
yet? I'd love a copy of the circuit if you do. I have a little stack
of various styles of Chiwanese LED bulbs waiting for repair. It's
times like these that I wish SKF hadn't taken over Palomar Technology
and I'd had time to let a decent electronics background build up for
me. 3 years was nothing, IMHO. sigh


No. I am trying to put my shop back together. I was trying to buy
a used box truck when the Hurricane hit. It was in nice shape, but
it Now you should be able to find scrape and dents pretty easily,
unless most blew into the Atlantic. Check with salvage operators NOW!


Finding the trucks is easy. It's the other $%^&*( BS that Florida
pulls that sours the deals. Florida has no state income tax, so the
screw you every other way that they can dream up. Like when their
'impact fee' on out of state vehicles was declared illegal, they simply
averaged what they expected to take in, and added that to the tag fees.


didn't have a poer tailgate or ramp, so the guy wanted $2000 for the
2001 F350. The problems we It was titled out of state, so it had
to be taken to the county tax office for them to read the VIN. That
required insurance for a 30 day tag. The only company that bothered
to reply was Geico, and they wanted over $1784 a year for insurance,
and the county wanted $788 for the new title & tag. All that, just
to get the windowless aluminum 16' box for a shielded place for
working with RF.

Get a quote from USAA if your driving record is good. You might be
surprised.


Do they offer commercial truck insurance? I have to keep it in
drivible and insured condition, or I would be forced to have it removed
from my property.


Then I missed out on an 8' x 24' aluminum trailer for $1000.

The third option is still open. A new 10' x16' portable shed for
$3000, plus a building permit.

Add $400 to assemble it.


No, it is factory built, and delivered on a flatbed truck. That is
included in the price.


The Dollar Tree Sunbeam brand LED bulb is almost identical to the
Walmart bulb. I'm trying to find a way to open the Walmart bulbs without
just taking a hammer to one of them.

Ooh, $tree has LED bulbs now? Gotsk to go see! Although the last
batch of Chiwanese E19 style bulbs is working out well. 12w cool
whites using are actually using 8W and putting out 100 incan-watts
worth of light (only 900lm, but bright) and lasting years now. At the
same wattage, cool whites look a lot brighter to me than those
****yella warm white bulbs.

P.S: If 4 broke, take a hammer to one. Then you can find out how to
finesse the others apart.

I was thinking about a jig to hold the bulb, and make small slits in the
part closest to the base, to see if I can pop the tops off without
damage. If I take a hammer to them, I will simply modify them to run off
12VDC.

Some pics of mine:
http://tinyurl.com/yd4v52h7 3-4w (early)
http://tinyurl.com/y85eard2 9w-15w spots (mid buy)
http://tinyurl.com/yafj66h6 12w bulb (recent buy)
http://tinyurl.com/y7s3fl8t 18w 12VDC emergency light bulbs

Most of my metal ones easily unscrew, but those which have plastic
bases have snap-on domes. Half were in 2 pieces when they arrived,
probably from being on the bottom half of the shipping container
during shipping. I think China subsidizes these and they just tip 'em
up and fill to the brim, then close the doors and ship. g

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