Recent content by Polymath

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I asked Bees about people receiving Utopia brand and this was the reply "Diva Light is our OEM brand for Utopia Lighting."

Thanks PS! It's great that you are willing to share your knowledge and time like this!

Thanks for the advice. Are the Greentek and Lumgen bulbs you have been recommending plastic tubes? Bees told me the ones they recommended have a plastic coating and can be dropped from chest height and not leave glass shards. Any disadvantage to the wiring configurations of these tubes? They...

Decided to pull the trigger and get some fixtures and tubes for my slightly deep 2 car garage with about 9' ceiling, this thread is great! I went to buy the Greentek tubes and the website says out of stock. Lightup also doesn't appear to be showing the recommended Lumgen bulbs again either. I...

How big is your garage and how many lights did you use? I've been looking at the lights in the best lights thread and it looks like that provides about 176 lumens per $ and the Amazon lights you linked provide about 270 lumens per $. Do they throw light at good angles? Were your lights...

Thanks again for your help! I was hoping the locally available Designers Edge fixture and Phillips lamps would be compatible, it provided a more economical solution and would be quicker to get. Sounds like I might just be better off buying the fixtures and lamps in "The Best Light Fixture...

Thanks for the help! From what I can see in the pictures, the sockets don't look standard / replaceable (the whole end appears to be molded as one assembly). Is the best way to tell if they are shunted or not to bring my meter into the store and see if the two contacts on the same socket are...

New here - but have been checking out this excellent forum and decided to join! I am going to re-do the lighting in my 2 stall garage and have been looking at the thread "The Best Light Fixture Ever!" and getting a lot of information. I have a local store that has a 4' fluorescent shop light...