On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:49:51 -0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote:


ian field wrote:

"Peter Hucker" wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:32:50 -0000, Meat Plow 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).


No wonder they used to call laxatives "Physics".

What part of heat and fire can't you correlate?


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