Well, I need to go (I'll leave the DVR recording "Rigoletto From not-quite Montana"
). On Friday, I came home after work and turned on my kitchen lights. There are two fixtures with four long fluorescent tube bulbs. A couple of the bulbs had burned out and one was just barely hanging on, flickering all the time. But the last was fine and enough light for my tiny kitchen. Well, that finally went out. It was a hassle getting it all taken apart (the fixtures are recessed into the lowered part of the kitchen ceiling). I measured the bulbs (47 inches without the prongs) and wrote down the part number from the bulb and went to The Home Depot. It turns out that The Home Depot does not have 47 inch bulbs. The 46 inch bulbs that they have actually measured 45 inches without the prongs (I measured several lengths and they all measured the same way)! What's that all about?? So, I need to get whole new light fixtures. Fortunately, they're not that expensive. I didn't get them on Friday, but my sister asked if I'd get her some canning jars today, so I'll go to The Home Depot before getting the jars for her. I don't know if I'll be able to put them up today, because I still have some DVR recording to do and I don't want to accidentally turn off the wrong switch in the breaker box.
At least, the fixture will probably be an easy thing to swap out.
