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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Yellow CFL bulb

From: joe lobocki <jlobocki@...>
Date: 2013-07-23

Thats odd... I just went to my walmart a while ago and got 40w cfl bug
lights, and they had a few brands of incandescent bulbs, what state are you
in that they no longer carry incandescent bug bulbs?
On Jul 22, 2013 7:26 PM, "Shannon Haworth" <shannon.haworth@...>
wrote:

> I use one of these:
> http://www.rei.com/product/709063/petzl-tactikka-plus-led-headlamp
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> Works great
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> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Jim <n6otq@...> wrote:
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> > I just remembered seeing colored CFLs at Home Depot. I think yellow was
> > in their batch.
> >
> > Not cheap, though.
> >
> > 73
> > Jim N6OTQ
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: Jim Hancock <jhancock1@...>
> > >To: homebrew_pcbs@yahoogroups.com
> > >Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 7:06 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Yellow CFL bulb
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Probably not yellow glass but yellow phosphor coating. All fluorescent
> > >lamps work by using UV from a mercury vapor light source to excite a
> > >phosphor coating on the inside of the tube. Any missing phosphor will
> > >allow some UV to escape although most glass does block some UV rays.
> > >For what it's worth, Amazon has some 60 w bug lamps.
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