Sodium light fixture
I have an exterior light fixture, possibly low pressure sodium
standard screw base 30w bulb, someone put in 100w standard incandesant bulbs years ago and it works fine. I wondered what would happen if I put in a cfl, would I blow the cfl circuitry. |
Sodium light fixture
ransley wrote:
I have an exterior light fixture, possibly low pressure sodium standard screw base 30w bulb, someone put in 100w standard incandesant bulbs years ago and it works fine. I wondered what would happen if I put in a cfl, would I blow the cfl circuitry. Not aware there is a standard base low-pressure Na -- there are some hi-pressure I believe. If an incandescent bulb fits the socket, there's no electrical problem other than whether the cfl is outdoor rated -- think there's a temperature issue w/ most (if not all, still -- I've not paid much attention to them so far so what they've done on that score I'm not sure at all). -- |
Sodium light fixture
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ransley wrote: I have an exterior light fixture, possibly low pressure sodium standard screw base 30w bulb, someone put in 100w standard incandesant bulbs years ago and it works fine. I wondered what would happen if I put in a cfl, would I blow the cfl circuitry. The voltage across the CFL's base, after voltage drop of the ballast, may cause the pulse starter for a usual HPS fixture to actuate. The pulses are something like 3-3.5 possibly 4 kilovolts. Although the CFL's impedance will probably be enough to load those pulses down to pretty much nothing, I would not count on it. I would not want to explain this to my homeowner insurance company if a fire resulted. - Don Klipstein ) |
Sodium light fixture
On Oct 19, 10:20*pm, (Don Klipstein) wrote:
In , ransley wrote: I have an exterior light fixture, possibly low pressure sodium standard screw base 30w bulb, someone put in 100w standard incandesant bulbs years ago and it works fine. I wondered what would happen if I put in a cfl, would I blow the cfl circuitry. * The voltage across the CFL's base, after voltage drop of the ballast, may cause the pulse starter for a usual HPS fixture to actuate. *The pulses are something like 3-3.5 possibly 4 kilovolts. * Although the CFL's impedance will probably be enough to load those pulses down to pretty much nothing, I would not count on it. *I would not want to explain this to my homeowner insurance company if a fire resulted.. *- Don Klipstein ) Yesterday I just bypassed the ballast, I figure why risk ruining new cfl floods, fire never occured to me but since its an apt Im happy I didnt try. |
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