greatbranch
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The fixture is this: http://www.phototron.com/index.php/accessories/sl-20-socket-kit.html which like everything "tron" related, is expensive - I had it already. I use a length of chain to drop it drop it low low... They are, in fact, the ones at the Home Depot. I couldn't walk past the display without giving it a try.Now that's neat. I want do something like that for side lighting next time. Where'd you get the info on removing the globes? That's a funky-looking light fixture there. Was that recommended by The Dawg as well? Those are the 2700K 60 W Crees from Home Depot, right?
He pointed me to Chronicool, who's a "do it yourself"er. I just poked around out there in his posts to find what I was looking for. There are some instructions to heat them in the oven at 2--something F, and use gloves to remove, but you risk overheating the LEDs...some people said they had some stop working. I just used needle nosed pliers to bust it and pull away all of the pieces - ran the Dremel around the edge to sand any glass shards. Originally tried cutting with the Dremel, but boy does that weird coating on the diffuser globe STINK when it gets really hot. I wasn't grooving on the possible chemical crap that was kicking around.
Petflora, at least in the last section I was reading, was still undecided as to whether removing the globe was that big of a deal. That is probably one of "those" topics. I just decided to because I thought it couldn't hurt and took up less space - and just plain looks cooler that way...lol.