# Just a heads up

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-a-heads-up/202399 "2009-04-01T13:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-a-heads-up/202399/5 "2009-04-02T17:17:52Z")

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> [@Can you contact this guy? \*\*reward\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-contact-this-guy-reward/39990/3):
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> what brand was it?

not sure, came from Wal\*mart. I think it was Sylvania, but not 100%.

> [@FS: honda parts inside \*WITH PICS\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-honda-parts-inside-with-pics/39886/8):
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> Check the light ballast. We get calls at the fire department all the time and it is actually the light ballast being faulty and not the bulbs (ballast cause the bulbs to shit the bed).

Thanks for the heads up, but there is no ballast to check in a compact florescent,  
as the ballast is part of the light that screws into the socket.

And not to be a dick or anything, I really wasn’t looking for advice, I was just trying to help someone else prevent their home from burning down. Thanks.

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