Teen electrocuted changing bulb at gas station
On Apr 20, 5:17*pm, Tegger wrote:
"RBM" wrote :
"Bob F" wrote in message
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Metspitzer wrote:
(04-19) 13:09 PDT DALY CITY -- A 19-year-old gas-station worker in
Daly City was electrocuted as he was changing a fluorescent light, an
autopsy found Monday.
Mustafa Algazawy of San Francisco was changing a 16-foot-long,
120-volt bulb at the 76 gas station on South Mayfair Avenue when he
was electrocuted about 1:20 p.m. Sunday, said San Mateo County Coroner
Robert Foucrault.
Is there really any such thing as a 16 foot bulb?
Special sized high output fluorescent lamps are made for sign lighting.
I can't find that; not online anyway.
I /do/ find specialized ballasts that are made to accommodate total bulb
footage of up to 16ft. This means /bulb combinations/ that total 16ft, such
as two 8-footers, four 4-footers, etc.
I've handled 8-ft fluorescents, and it's not easy. I can't imagine how hard
it must be to handle one twice that length.
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Tegger
I would rather change an 8 ft single pin to those 4 ft bi-pin SOB
tubes! (Some bi-pin connectors are push-in, not common, but much
better than the twist variety)
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