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Hey Adam, Stick out your can!

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Hey Adam, Stick out your can!

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Hey Adam, Stick out your can!

John Hoffman

>I did the fluorescent blub and small can trick to get the raking lighting effect over my bench, as described in Adam's A&M PWW article. The effect is better then awesome. The light is warm and I can see better. I had numerous shop light fixtures with two long fluorescent blubs and didn't realize how much glare they were giving off. Now the light is less but I can see better. I am going to get the diffuser material this week and I think that will improve the light even more.

Great job on the article and to PWW for sending out this great info.

Adam: I think you mentioned before that the diffuser material can touch the bulb without burning??? I hope so because I could not find cans that contained the entire blub.

Regards

JH

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Re: Hey Adam, Stick out your can!

Adam Cherubini, NJ

>I had the same problem and was worried about the cinegel igniting. But its not supposed to and CF bulbs really don't get too hot to touch. I think you'll be okay, but be careful too.

Adam

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