There will come a day in the USA when you will not be able to purchase
They exist. I've had them in my condo for some time. They come on
Put the lights on in a dusk to dawn mode or stock up on incandescents.
IIRC, 2012 in the USA. I plan to have a stock large enough to last me
Didn't Nostradamus predict the end of the earth in the year 2012 in
Great - we can make it an Olympic event.
But incandescents are hotter, and more likely to set fire to other things. Like the light socket.
p.uluy2kv24buhsv@fx62.mshome.net...This from someone who claims to have a physics degree! (although he did
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:50 -0000, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote:
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:53:16 -0000, "ian field"
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I only two of them in my house.One in my kitchen and the other one in my
bathroom, I never turn them off.Just now I was in my kitchen getting me
a ''cold one''.That flourscent light bulb blipped a couple of
times.What
does that suppose to mean?
cuhulin
Maybe a "brown-out" on the power line?
The one I leave on 24/7 usually conspires to fail when I'm out. Common
failure modes are the tube or the mains in reservoir electrolytic,
typically
they start flickering or just go "phutt".
Back in 2003 I saw a 13 watt Osram CFL end its life in bursts of
sparks and smoke through a hole melted in the side of the ballast
container. I called Sylvania/Osram and they offered a replacement free
of charge. I told them no thanks I prefer to not have my home burn
down if another one of these failed while I wasn't present to
disconnect its power source. That scared me away from CFLs for a long
time.
But incandescents are hotter, and more likely to set fire to other things.
Like the light socket.
This from someone who claims to have a physics degree! (although he did
admit on another group to cheating on the exam).
What part of heat and fire can't you correlate?ian field wrote:
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:50 -0000, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote:
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:53:16 -0000, "ian field"
gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>wrote:
cuhulin@webtv.net> wrote in message
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I only two of them in my house.One in my kitchen and the other one in my
bathroom, I never turn them off.Just now I was in my kitchen getting me
a ''cold one''.That flourscent light bulb blipped a couple of
times.What
does that suppose to mean?
cuhulin
Maybe a "brown-out" on the power line?
The one I leave on 24/7 usually conspires to fail when I'm out. Common
failure modes are the tube or the mains in reservoir electrolytic,
typically
they start flickering or just go "phutt".
Back in 2003 I saw a 13 watt Osram CFL end its life in bursts of
sparks and smoke through a hole melted in the side of the ballast
container. I called Sylvania/Osram and they offered a replacement free
of charge. I told them no thanks I prefer to not have my home burn
down if another one of these failed while I wasn't present to
disconnect its power source. That scared me away from CFLs for a long
time.
But incandescents are hotter, and more likely to set fire to other things.
Like the light socket.
This from someone who claims to have a physics degree! (although he did
admit on another group to cheating on the exam).
No wonder they used to call laxatives "Physics".
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:49:51 -0000, Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
ian field wrote:
"Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:50 -0000, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote:
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:53:16 -0000, "ian field"
gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>wrote:
cuhulin@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23607-49341868-2718@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net...
I only two of them in my house.One in my kitchen and the other one in my
bathroom, I never turn them off.Just now I was in my kitchen getting me
a ''cold one''.That flourscent light bulb blipped a couple of
times.What
does that suppose to mean?
cuhulin
Maybe a "brown-out" on the power line?
The one I leave on 24/7 usually conspires to fail when I'm out. Common
failure modes are the tube or the mains in reservoir electrolytic,
typically
they start flickering or just go "phutt".
Back in 2003 I saw a 13 watt Osram CFL end its life in bursts of
sparks and smoke through a hole melted in the side of the ballast
container. I called Sylvania/Osram and they offered a replacement free
of charge. I told them no thanks I prefer to not have my home burn
down if another one of these failed while I wasn't present to
disconnect its power source. That scared me away from CFLs for a long
time.
But incandescents are hotter, and more likely to set fire to other things.
Like the light socket.
This from someone who claims to have a physics degree! (although he did
admit on another group to cheating on the exam).
No wonder they used to call laxatives "Physics".
What part of heat and fire can't you correlate?
It only happens extremely occasionally.Peter Hucker wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:49:51 -0000, Michael A. Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:
ian field wrote:
"Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:50 -0000, Meat Plow <meat@petitmorte.net> wrote:
On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:53:16 -0000, "ian field"
gangprobing.alien@ntlworld.com>wrote:
cuhulin@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:23607-49341868-2718@storefull-3251.bay.webtv.net...
I only two of them in my house.One in my kitchen and the other one in my
bathroom, I never turn them off.Just now I was in my kitchen getting me
a ''cold one''.That flourscent light bulb blipped a couple of
times.What
does that suppose to mean?
cuhulin
Maybe a "brown-out" on the power line?
The one I leave on 24/7 usually conspires to fail when I'm out. Common
failure modes are the tube or the mains in reservoir electrolytic,
typically
they start flickering or just go "phutt".
Back in 2003 I saw a 13 watt Osram CFL end its life in bursts of
sparks and smoke through a hole melted in the side of the ballast
container. I called Sylvania/Osram and they offered a replacement free
of charge. I told them no thanks I prefer to not have my home burn
down if another one of these failed while I wasn't present to
disconnect its power source. That scared me away from CFLs for a long
time.
But incandescents are hotter, and more likely to set fire to other things.
Like the light socket.
This from someone who claims to have a physics degree! (although he did
admit on another group to cheating on the exam).
No wonder they used to call laxatives "Physics".
What part of heat and fire can't you correlate?
What part of CFL lamps overheating and catching on fire goes right
over your head?
More often I've seen excessive heat from an incandescent making the fitting brittle, the danger not being fire directly, but the fitting collapsing later on.
Explain.
PHucker boasts of having rigged his house with cobbled together 12V lighting
them!