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hooha · 04-23-2009, 10:55 PM

in my experience ODNO was a decent concept, but in practice it doesn't give as much light as compact flourescents, no matter how much you try to overdrive them. The size of the bulbs, the superiority of the reflector design for the compact flourescents, the amount of extra wattage lost to heat - all add up.

I'd recommend T5's or CF's if possible.

I'm not too skilled with electronics myself, but I took down my ODNO setup also because of fears of poor wiring/high fire risk.

04-23-2009, 10:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
hooha Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pittsburgh area Posts: 2,088 iTrader Ratings: 59 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 71592	Re: Odno ? in my experience ODNO was a decent concept, but in practice it doesn't give as much light as compact flourescents, no matter how much you try to overdrive them. The size of the bulbs, the superiority of the reflector design for the compact flourescents, the amount of extra wattage lost to heat - all add up. I'd recommend T5's or CF's if possible. I'm not too skilled with electronics myself, but I took down my ODNO setup also because of fears of poor wiring/high fire risk.