Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Shock When Unplugged

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I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.
 
On Sat, 28 May 2011 05:41:11 -0700, Globemaker wrote:

I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base from
the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away. WARNING!
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged in . Tell
the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They cause radio
interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air waves to send
sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are stored in a
capacitor.
Click to expand...
And they cause members of the Great Unwashed to post spam to newsgroups,
too.

--
http://www.wescottdesign.com
 
Em sábado, 28 de maio de 2011 09h41min11s UTC-3, Globemaker escreveu:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.
Click to expand...


I once also took an electrical shock but do not know if I had to 2000V
 
On Saturday, May 28, 2011 5:41:11 AM UTC-7, Globemaker wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. ...a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
Click to expand...
In related news, shuffling across a carpet causes a high voltage,
and touching a light switch can produce pain as a result...

No CF lamp or associated electronics stores enough energy
to cause a hazard; a switched-off light fixture, on the
other hand, usually has ONE unswitched wire going
straight into the wall socket.
 
On Sat, 28 May 2011 14:47:15 -0700 (PDT), Bret Cahill <BretCahill@peoplepc.com> wrote:

I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. ...a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.

In related news, shuffling across a carpet causes a high voltage,
and touching a light switch can produce pain as a result...

No CF lamp or associated electronics stores enough energy
to cause a hazard; a switched-off light fixture, on the
other hand, usually has ONE unswitched wire going
straight into the wall socket.  

Most are more concerned about the mercury.
Click to expand...
And why is it they're unconcerned about the mercury in the normal
fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades now?

There's movie clips of people running or riding through hundreds of
standard 4' tubes without a care about the mercury in them.

Grant.
 
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. ...a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.

In related news, shuffling across a carpet causes a high voltage,
and touching a light switch can produce pain as a result...

No CF lamp or associated electronics stores enough energy
to cause a hazard; a switched-off light fixture, on the
other hand, usually has ONE unswitched wire going
straight into the wall socket.  
Click to expand...
Most are more concerned about the mercury.


Bret Cahill
 
On May 28, 3:55 pm, Tobias Gadelha <tobiasgade...@gmail.com> wrote:
Em sábado, 28 de maio de 2011 09h41min11s UTC-3, Globemaker  escreveu:

I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.

I once also took an electrical shock but do not know if I had to 2000V
Click to expand...
I did not measure the 2000 volts. Search engines brought me a figure
of 1200v on start up and 700v running. It was much more powerful than
carpet static. Maybe a carpet has 23 pf and a CFL has 230000 pf.
 
Em sábado, 28 de maio de 2011 17h29min50s UTC-3, whit3rd escreveu:
On Saturday, May 28, 2011 5:41:11 AM UTC-7, Globemaker wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. ...a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.

In related news, shuffling across a carpet causes a high voltage,
and touching a light switch can produce pain as a result...

No CF lamp or associated electronics stores enough energy
to cause a hazard; a switched-off light fixture, on the
other hand, usually has ONE unswitched wire going
straight into the wall socket.
Click to expand...
When I got a shock, I was opening the electrical circuit of CF after than operation and I touched on the circuit.
Of course than I got a shock, but never shock on the external poles
 
"Globemaker"

I did not measure the 2000 volts.

** I bet you didn't.

Search engines brought me a figure
of 1200v on start up and 700v running.

** Those figures could be right for a large ** CCFL ** .

A "Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp " - as found in most LCD screens for
PCs and home TV.

Got nothing at all to do with a *CFL* .

Wanker.


..... Phil
 
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. ...a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.

In related news, shuffling across a carpet causes a high voltage,
and touching a light switch can produce pain as a result...

No CF lamp or associated electronics stores enough energy
to cause a hazard; a switched-off light fixture, on the
other hand, usually has ONE unswitched wire going
straight into the wall socket.  

Most are more concerned about the mercury.

And why is it they're unconcerned about the mercury in the normal
fluorescent tubes we've been using for decades now?
Click to expand...
Actually they are. I know it's fun but you aren't supposed to break
the tubes by tossing them into the trash. You take the unbroken tubes
to a designated disposal location.

The difference between tubes and CFLs is that the tubes aren't nearly
as as popular as screw in bulbs in residential lighting.

There's movie clips of people running or riding through hundreds of
standard 4' tubes without a care about the mercury in them.
Click to expand...
There isn't a release if you don't break the tubes.


Bret Cahill
 
On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 <Searcher7@mail.con2.com>
wrote:

On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker <alanfolms...@cabanova.com> wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.

Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
regular bulbs. :)
Click to expand...
Stock up! I am.
 
On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker <alanfolms...@cabanova.com> wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.
Click to expand...
Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
regular bulbs. :)

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York
 
"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 ?Searcher7@mail.con2.com?
wrote:

?On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker ?alanfolms...@cabanova.com? wrote:
?? I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
?? unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
?? cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
?? from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
?? WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
?? in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
?? cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
?? waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
?? stored in a capacitor.
?
?Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
?other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
?expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
?regular bulbs. :)

Stock up! I am.
Click to expand...

How many? Or are you afraid Dimbulb will try to steal them?


--
It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.
 
On May 29, 12:53 am, "k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
<k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 <Search...@mail.con2.com
wrote:

On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker <alanfolms...@cabanova.com> wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.

Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
regular bulbs. :)

Stock up!  I am.
Click to expand...
Incandescent bulbs are being phased out in Europe, Brazil, and
Australia. USA is a war criminal due to mass murders in
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
Pakistan
Panama
Somalia
Vietnam
Cherokee
See UN resolution 3314 concerning War of Aggression
See this link about light bulbs being phased out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_light_bulbs
Hording is not fair.
 
On Sun, 29 May 2011 02:55:29 -0700 (PDT), Globemaker
<alanfolmsbee@cabanova.com> wrote:

On May 29, 12:53 am, "k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 <Search...@mail.con2.com
wrote:

On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker <alanfolms...@cabanova.com> wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.

Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
regular bulbs. :)

Stock up!  I am.

Incandescent bulbs are being phased out in Europe, Brazil, and
Australia. USA is a war criminal due to mass murders in
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
Pakistan
Panama
Somalia
Vietnam
Cherokee
See UN resolution 3314 concerning War of Aggression
See this link about light bulbs being phased out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_light_bulbs
Hording is not fair.
Click to expand...
---
Wording is important.

--
JF
 
On Sun, 29 May 2011 02:46:06 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:

On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 ?Searcher7@mail.con2.com?
wrote:

?On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker ?alanfolms...@cabanova.com? wrote:
?? I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
?? unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
?? cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
?? from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
?? WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
?? in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
?? cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
?? waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
?? stored in a capacitor.
?
?Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
?other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
?expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
?regular bulbs. :)

Stock up! I am.


How many? Or are you afraid Dimbulb will try to steal them?
Click to expand...
Couple hundred, now. I buy a few packs when I'm in Lowes. DimBulb isn't
bright enough.
 
On Sun, 29 May 2011 02:55:29 -0700 (PDT), Globemaker
<alanfolmsbee@cabanova.com> wrote:

On May 29, 12:53 am, "k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
k...@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
On Sat, 28 May 2011 21:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Searcher7 <Search...@mail.con2.com
wrote:

On May 28, 5:41 am, Globemaker <alanfolms...@cabanova.com> wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged. The lamp fell to the floor and broke. I unplugged it before
cleaning up the broken glass. When I tried to unscrew the bulb base
from the socket, a high voltage shocking pain made me jump away.
WARNING! Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are dangerous when not plugged
in . Tell the world, tell the department stores. Not Safe to Use. They
cause radio interference. They buzz in the audio spectrum using air
waves to send sound to peoples' ears. Do not buy them. 2000 volts are
stored in a capacitor.

Well with all the moving around of lamps and such on my bench and
other places I tend to break a lot of them, so considering how
expensive the good ones are to save money I might as well go back to
regular bulbs. :)

Stock up!  I am.

Incandescent bulbs are being phased out in Europe, Brazil, and
Australia. USA is a war criminal due to mass murders in
Iraq
Afghanistan
Libya
Pakistan
Panama
Somalia
Vietnam
Cherokee
See UN resolution 3314 concerning War of Aggression
See this link about light bulbs being phased out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_light_bulbs
Hording is not fair.
Click to expand...
Another moron in the competition for the DimBulb-Slowman award.
 
"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2011 02:46:06 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
?mike.terrell@earthlink.net? wrote:

?
?"krw@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote:
??
?? Stock up! I am.
?
? How many? Or are you afraid Dimbulb will try to steal them?

Couple hundred, now. I buy a few packs when I'm in Lowes. DimBulb isn't
bright enough.
Click to expand...

He's low enough to take them, though.

I have over 100, not counting the 25 W Halogen and some specialty
bulbs for things like the lights at my gate and some in ceiling fans.
Walmart & Dollar Tree have them for a good price, too. With my current
health, I should have enough for the rest of my life.

BTW, it pisses me off that you can't find decent 4' 40W tubes
anymore. They used to be 99 cents anywhere you looked. Now all you can
find are those crappy 32W bulbs that don't work in a lot of fixtures.


--
It's easy to think outside the box, when you have a cutting torch.
 
Bret Cahill wrote:
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged.

CFLs are just a transitional device. In a few short years LED bulbs
will be cheaper, safer and more energy efficient than CFLs.


Bret Cahill


Looked at the price of europium lately?
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Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal
ElectroOptical Innovations
55 Orchard Rd
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058

email: hobbs (atsign) electrooptical (period) net
http://electrooptical.net
 
I got a shock from a compact fluorescent light bulb when it was
unplugged.
Click to expand...
CFLs are just a transitional device. In a few short years LED bulbs
will be cheaper, safer and more energy efficient than CFLs.


Bret Cahill
 
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