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Default Desk Lamp Mercury

On Jan 27, 12:45*am, wrote:
I got a new desk lamp from Staples and it has a warning about mercury. *THe
fluorescent bulb that came with it has the same warning. *Am I right in
assuming th emercury refered to the SBCFL? *THe switch rotates on the same
axis as the buld screws in, so given the gooseneck, I have no reason to
believe the switch works with mercury (ie, gravity). Am I right?

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