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Old 08-17-2004, 03:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by malkore
Unfortunately, running a power compact for 12 hours a day...it's gonna lose it's plant spectrum in 9-12 months. It still looks fine to the human eye, but the phosphors in the bulb are degraded by that point, so the bulb would require a replacement.
Hmm... not sure if that's really accurate. Tom Barr says he will take all the used PC bulbs you will send him. He basically runs them till they die.
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