Recent content by builthatch

no ballasts needed. just wires in the fixtures that connect to your power source and on the other end, the bulb tombstones. that's it. easy.

in spring of '16 i installed 44 of the highest output James/Diva tubes. i haven't come back here since until today and noticed that the first page has been updated with a bulb that is the same specs except it's not dual mode (which is fine since i have strips w/o ballasts) but i noticed the...

^ congrats!

i couldn't seem to get the price to change on that other site no matter what the options i selected but it looks like you must buy in lots of 30, which is not that big of a deal for a lot of lighting setups but keep in mind the lumen/wattage of the $9.99 ones on Bees site and make sure you get...

finally finished my setup. i got the rest of my bulbs today. 22 Maxlite 4' dual bulb fixtures, 44 Diva/James bulbs, the high output ones. two are 4000k over my workbench area and the rest are 5000k. installation was arduous but turned out great. i need to caulk the wire holes in the sheet rock...

ordered a bunch more dual lamp fixtures and a bunch more Diva bulbs from bees. i was looking at the pics of the cheaper fixtures and i stuck with the Maxlite. I like how there are minimal random holes (not knockouts, just open holes) in the Maxlite and the overall quality seems very high for...

quoted because i have put myself in a situation where i didn't order enough fixtures and have to order bulbs anyway, so i had to figure out a way to see which of the two test bulbs that i ordered were actually what i wanted to go with so i could get the job done in one shot. i realized these...

he meant fixture, not lamp holder.

any pics? been lurking for a while and finally joined to post. i am stuck between the 4000k and 5000k James (now called "Diva Lite" on the Bees website). i did the appropriate math to make use of the Kruithof Curve and the math dictates that both will be in the same basic range of "pleasing...