Aldi current offer 240V 11W PL flurorescent inspection lamp, stanfard cable not the resistance cable type =A34.99.
Adam
Aldi Inspection Lamp £4.99
Feb 10, 2006
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"Anon" wrote in news:8R6Hf.3595$gB4.1676@newsfe4- gui.ntli.net:
Maybe it's just shorter ;-)
The message from "Anon" contains these words:
Some hand-held fluorescent lamps use a high-resistance cable to ballast the tube. I s'pose it's cheaper and lighter than a choke in the lamp itself. The cable gets noticably warm.
Well, they say you learn something new every day, first time I heard of that one Skip.
I dont know my signature any more....only my pin !!
The message from "Anon" contains these words:
Shame I didn't learn how to spell "noticeably".
Which makes it a pain to splice back together if it gets cut or welding spattered through or someat.
The Aldi flavour uses a 2 loop PL type tube, just like energy saving compact fluorescent lamp except electronic ballast is in the fitting and lamp has pronged base.
Blooming Latin`s better than his English ;-)
Adam
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