So off topic for just a bit
I have been looking into the Luxim's and the technology they use
and they use a radio wave to ignite it which is why it lasts so long
fluorescents only burn out cause the igniter's do. you know the black stuff on the ends of the bulbs,, so i stumble onto a article this guy wrote in and he was saying his friend is a electrical engineer at a radio station and he has been bringing in old burnt-out fluorescents and igniting them!! with the radio waves !!
so don't throw out your Flo's when they go out save them, the technology is coming !!
they will basically run for a lifetime if I am understanding correctly
with using the radio wave to ignite them sweet huh!!