I had this same experience in a living room lamp...I feel that we came close to having a fire because the lamp socket was too hot to touch...The white base of the bulb is not ceramic, it is plastic and is hollow, containing a number of electronic components...In my case, the white base was cooked to a light brown, was cracked, and it collapsed when I tried to unscrew it...The PCB inside was burned to a crisp...This bulb bore the name and logo of a bed-rock American company and was made in China...It would seem that the hype selling these bulbs to rhe public should include a warning about allowing the bulb, which runs relatively cool, to be too close to flammable objects, such as lampshades...
Jerry, wa2dkg Message: 7 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 21:23:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Ralph Tyrrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: [Elecraft] smoke test To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net<mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii As I sit at my computer the radio desk is to my back. I heard a burst of static behind me. That was odd since no radios were on. The only thing on at the radio desk was the desk lamp and a power supply that keeps the batteries charged. Both are plugged into a strip that switches power to them. I went over to the radio desk and looked at my equipment, both off. Still puzzled I turned on the 2m rig, all normal. Then I turned on the K3. All normal. I turned them off again. The K1 sits by, not connected to anything at this time. Still puzzled I sat there wondering if something had happened to my battery bank or one of the batteries. I have three 26AH batteries in parallel. Each battery is fused before to goes to a fused buss. Then my nose began to notice the smell we all dread. Something electrical was over heated. Still I did not noticed a symptom I should have noticed earlier, the desk lamp was off. I touched the top of the lamp and it was very hot. The bulb, a 13 Watt Florissant had failed. The ceramic base was too hot to touch. How often do Florissant bulbs fail this way? I had the feeling that if I were not there a fire may have started. 73, Ty, W1TF, K3 #696, K1 #1423
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