Bruce Watson
Veteran
I'm looking for GE product code 72659. Anyone know where to find any?
This is an f17t8/950 (that means, linear fluorescent, 17W, 24" long, T8 tube, 5000+K color temperature, 90+ CRI), similar to the Philips and Sylvania f17t8/950 products, but which puts out more lumens than the other two. GE claims to make them, but where are they selling them??? I've looked all afternoon. Can't find any locally, none from the bulb dealers on the 'net, none from the usual suspects like FilmTools or B&H. Can't find anyone who even knows they exist, much less where to buy them.
Just in case anyone wants to know why I'm looking for such a hard to find bulb... I need the small size and actually the 1200 lumens -- a single 55w biax like a KinoFlo True Match puts out around 2800 lumens which is way more than I can handle in the small space I've got to work in, and when you throw in the cost of a dimming ballast it's way more than I want to spend for this application. But I'd like more than the 850 that I'd get from the Philips TL950.
If you know where to find this particular bulb (I'm done researching the alternatives, this is the only bulb I want), please append that information to this thread.
This is an f17t8/950 (that means, linear fluorescent, 17W, 24" long, T8 tube, 5000+K color temperature, 90+ CRI), similar to the Philips and Sylvania f17t8/950 products, but which puts out more lumens than the other two. GE claims to make them, but where are they selling them??? I've looked all afternoon. Can't find any locally, none from the bulb dealers on the 'net, none from the usual suspects like FilmTools or B&H. Can't find anyone who even knows they exist, much less where to buy them.
Just in case anyone wants to know why I'm looking for such a hard to find bulb... I need the small size and actually the 1200 lumens -- a single 55w biax like a KinoFlo True Match puts out around 2800 lumens which is way more than I can handle in the small space I've got to work in, and when you throw in the cost of a dimming ballast it's way more than I want to spend for this application. But I'd like more than the 850 that I'd get from the Philips TL950.
If you know where to find this particular bulb (I'm done researching the alternatives, this is the only bulb I want), please append that information to this thread.
