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Subject:Re: Adding New Interior Lights
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:04:36 -0700

Well, its too bad ott-lite doesn't make something for the size of the
florescent bulb we use, they have a nice color to them for a florescent...
I've seen a nice little dj light with a 18 inch twistable stem... and the
light pattern is pretty diffused compared to some halogen spot lights which
I think are too tightly focused... saw it at Lightwave on Melrose in LA...

>From: Phil Zimmerman <phil.zimmerman@MAIL.CRCN.NET>

>
>I agree that the 'soft' white (more like dingy) color of the 12volt
>Florescent Light is, well, not appealing for many. I find the Florescent ok
>for over-all illumination of the cabin area while cooking and lounging. For
>reading and detail work, the Halogens fit the bill... so to speak.  The
>Halogens I installed have a rotating head so are quite adjustable where as
>the Florescent is a fixed strip.
>The second year following my install the Florescent light blew it's
>starting
>circuit so did not work. Two weeks of camping without it, I missed the
>overall glow of its 13 watt light! Upon replacing it..... holy...... let
>there be light!

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