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renovating a second hand mobile catering van

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me2you | 12:07 Sun 06th Feb 2011 | Home & Garden
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we are doing up a second hand burger van and want to replace the lighting we have been told that flourescent strips are to become obsolete if this is true what would we replace them with and any suggestions on cleaning a griddle would be welcome
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Use LED lighting strips.
http://home-garden.sh..._trksid=p3286.c0.m282

Scrape it all off with a decorators wide stopper knife .. and get yourself some caustic soda .. or use ovenmate.
Halophosphor florescent bulbs will be banned, Triphosphor fluorescent tubes will be available as a direct replacement for them.

http://www.tlc-direct...isphosphor/index.html
If we give you some good useful answers would you give us some free burgers in return?
I'm not aware of any forthcoming legislation to outlaw fluorescent strip lights and a quick google finds nothing. Fluorescents are just larger versions of 'low energy' lighting. As Albags says you could go for LED lighting or spotlights which take compact fluorescent lamps.
LED lighting will also be much less a drain on van battery.
Get the burgers in then! Mine is a double whopper with cheese and mayo.
"Mine is a double whopper with cheese and mayo."

Too much information ... oh, burger, sorry ...lol ;-))
CAS, it's only Halophosphate tubes that are banned, there is not much in the news about it because Triphosphate tubes are a direct replacement and to the average consumer they won't notice any difference... since Feb 2010 the manufacture of Halophosphate tubes has been banned in the EU

I do agree that LED lighting would be much less drain on your battery or generator.
Get yourself some LEDs. Quite expensive outlay to begin with but they use practically zero power so reducing your ongoing overheads (less battery drain, less power to recharge), instant light unlike the low-energy halogen ones. If you get yourself a solar panel it will keep your battery charged for the majority of the time, even in low light.
Try the motorhome self-build forums for fixtures and fittings.
To clean the griddle try soda crystals to cut through the grease. I would think that a cream cleaner would then get the stubborn stuff off as it is very slightly abbrasive.
.. or strip it .. and have it all dipped in a Caustic bath.
Sorry, I forgot to include this link:

http://www.selfbuildm...nd-Supplier-Links.php
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thanks to everyone you,ve all been a great help.x

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