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elasticaltiger
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6500K CFL Exploded in my room
#19061292 - 10/31/13 12:34 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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So I get pretty bad seasonal affective disorder and I decided to slowly replace all the traditional bulbs in my apartment with daylight spectrum CFLs.
The bulbs all say they are guaranteed to last 9 years at 3 hours a day which is about 410 days of straight operation.
This bulb was only about 3 weeks in this socket.
About 15 minutes ago I heard a popping sound and it goes out. I freaked out for a moment about mercury and stuff. I turned the fans on and opened a window but when I pulled the bulb out of the socket I found no break in the tube. None whatsoever. No broken glass on the ground either. Almost as if it was a problem with something in the base.
Has anyone else had this happen? It was a 26 watt (100 watt replacement) from GE.
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bloodsheen
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OgreLokon
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Re: 6500K CFL Exploded in my room [Re: bloodsheen]
#19061318 - 10/31/13 12:44 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sounds like a problem with the socket.
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elasticaltiger
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Re: 6500K CFL Exploded in my room [Re: bloodsheen]
#19061344 - 10/31/13 12:52 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
bloodsheen said: Have you felt a faint dying sound coming from your heart?
Only every day since I learned that there was no Easter bunny
-------------------- First time growing cakes? DON'T make a Shotgun Fruiting Chamber The Shmuvbox. - The Old TC's Like it Afraid to Start Growing From Your Own Prints? Drop it Like a Tiger! No Pouring. No Syringes. No Cutting. No flaming. No Contamination. No Bullshit. "The best thing to do while your waiting is to start more stuff. I usually got so much happening that I have tossed projects simply because I didn't have time for them. -Pastywhite QFT Pastywhite's Easy Agar Tek (PastyPlates) Tiger Drop Video Demos By munchauzen Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.―Bill Watterson EZEKIEL 23:20
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LogicaL Chaos
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That popping sound you heard was Thomas Edison's ghost sabotaging the bulb from the inside.
He does not approve of such technology. You should have went with a full-spectrum incandescent. That way, Thomas's ghost wont burn out yer bulbs.
Better watch out CFL ~ LC
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