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That was on the package of one of those cfl bulbs. I've got some carriage lights outside that are enclosed all around except the bottom. That's enclosed enough, isn't it.
Johnny
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Re: Enclosure Required for Exterior Use?
I've had three CFL's in more-or-less enclosed carriage lamps outside here for 2 years now and they keep working like troopers. It gets down to around 8 degrees F here in the winter worst-case.
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- Joined: December 1998
- Location: Little Rock, AR
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Re: Enclosure Required for Exterior Use?
8 degrees covers us here in LR. I've just been using regular light bulbs in these fixtures before. Just when I think I've converted every bulb in the house to cfl, I find some more. Guess I'll give them a try.
Johnny
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Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that...
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Re: Enclosure Required for Exterior Use?
That should work just fine.
-Brian
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- Joined: March 1999
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Re: Enclosure Required for Exterior Use?
Yup, I don't remember, but there are two different types of ballast, magnetic and electronic and one of them doesn't work that well in cold temps, whereas the others do. In a CFL, it has it's built in ballast (in the base of the bulb) whereas a traditional flourescent tube fixture has an external ballast (and perhaps a starter cap) that you wire the endcaps too.
Something like that. (I had a ballast go bad on my kitchen flourescent tube light on the ceiling and I replaced the ballast once before I converted to a different fixture where I now use CFLs in it. it's just so much easier not having to deal with 4' tubes and ballasts that go bad or start buzzing.
jay
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