"Don Klipstein" wrote in message
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Does anyone know of any facts about fires caused by CF bulbs?

I hear more about actual fires from lamps other than CFLs than I do
about ones from CFLs.

I hear a lot about CFLs failing more spectacularly than one would like,
with a main blame being filter capacitors rupturing. The major
manufacturers have made improvents in that area, and I hear less about
this than I did a few years ago.

As for reports of actual fires caused by CDFs or ones actually catching
fire - I don't hear of amny of those, and I suspect those are mostly due
to non-UL-listed ones available mainly at dollar stores, and from the few
with safety recalls (which includes one of what I would call a "dollar
store brand").


Where do you "hear" these things? Might be interesting to share the
source(s) in the newsgroup.