[pianotech] New shop lighting and accessories

[George F Emerson]

I've been told freezing temp's do it, but I have had them fail at higher temp's.  Freezing temp's in unheated indoor areas in my location in FL are rare, but I have had such lighting fixtures fail even here.  Check with your local retailer to be sure.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barbara Richmond 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:51 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] New shop lighting and accessories


  Thanks, Frank, I'll keep that in mind.  How cold is cold?  :-)  The garage is heated and cooled, but not quite as well as the house--one duct and then I can open the two doors to the house.  The older fixtures in there were put up by the previous owner.  A friend replaced a couple of the fixtures (when I didn't know better) with the older style, because I still had a box of tubes.  

  I have some old tubes taped together in storage waiting for the next hazardous waste disposal day offered by the Illinois EPA.  I wonder how many florescent tubes I threw away before I knew they were considered hazardous material...   :-[

  Thanks again.

  Barbara


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "George F Emerson" <pianoguru at cox.net>
  To: pianotech at ptg.org
  Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 8:18:09 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] New shop lighting and accessories

   
  Hi Barbara,

  You need "skinny" tube fluorescent fixtures in areas that are not always heated.  The older thick tubes will not continue to work in cold environments.

  Frank Emerson
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