Re: [APD] GE "Daylight" CF screw-in bulbs?

[Stuart Halliday <stuart at mytriops_com>]

I believe Jerry Baker wrote this email section below:
> Stuart Halliday wrote:
>> One disadvantage:
>> I've yet to see a water sealed ES fitting though, my CF light fittings all 
>> use a transparent plastic box to keep water out. Not very efficient as this 
>> plastic needs repeated cleaning.
>> Do they have them across the Pond?
> 
> If I'm remembering my conversions and Ohm's Law correctly, the water in 
> my tank offers around 16,000 ohms of resistance and that should be good 
> for about 7 mA current. Plus, there's the GFCI protection. The only 
> thing that I worry about is cold water on hot glass.

15mA here in the UK, that is 3.6W.

But rust will be a problem on exposed joints of course.

>> Then again, is the gap between the tubes entering the CF casing waterproof?
>> Somehow I doubt it.
> 
> Nothing a little silicone wouldn't fix.

Of course. :-)



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