Not just California John, the entire nation...They've got a BIG push on to
sell these screwy looking spirals here in NY...They do save energy, but they
are also dangerous and they don't want us to know that...I reported it to the
local fire marshall and he came and picked up the rest of my bulbs for
testing...That was a year ago and is the last I heard of it...These bulbs
contain mercury and it is illigal to dispose of them in the regular trash, you
have to take them to a hazardous materials disposal center...
Jerry, wa2dkg
----- Original Message -----
From: n4dsp<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jeremiah McCarthy<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CFL's
Are we speaking of the new Green lights that the liberals from California
are pushing onto us?
john
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]>>
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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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