Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.

If you think the mercury vapors are bad just wait until you accidentally break one of these bulbs in your house. Bad stuff

Planned obsolescence.


"Planned Obsolescence, a trend started and encouraged in the 1920's by the Phoebus cartel,
a group of light bulb manufacturing companies, is very much alive today."

[link to www.ted.com]


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Last Edited by Useless Cookie Eater on 01/03/2013 06:50 PM

Go LED. Will last forever. Not toxic. Very little power draw. It is more expensive initially but over time should outlast you.

You are supposed to evacuate the house, call HAZMAT, to decontaminate. They don't tell you that on the box.

Yeh found out by them burning out and as such stocked up on the tried and the true. Use what i have left in the bathroom cause it is go and get off the can or a five minute shower makes my time there minute like the time i will ever own CFL'S.

I'm pretty sure all the led type bulbs are self protected with a diode. At least the ones I have seen are.

Good call! The light spectrum is much more pleasant with LED's. It's more natural and it's *rumored* that they help with depression, anxiety and sleep cycles.

Wow, that messed up! How old are they, and what brand is that?

Yes, they do catch on fire. Frequently.

Yes, they emit mercury vapor, more so when first turned on.

Yes, all florescent lighting induces high frequency measurable voltage (and hence, current flow) in living beings even at considerable distances. Schumann resonance 7.83 , blah blah.

So, yeah, stick with incandescent and candles, or better yet sun. And don't block all the UV, it's how cells communicate...

Less then 6 months old. Utilitech is the brand, you can still buy them.

Ha Ha.... Not Toxic.

[link to californiawatch.org]

LED's contain Lead and Arsenic

LEDs are good in some situations, but they are not perfect and certainly expensive. For recessed cans, you should use PAR (directional) bulbs. A 30W PAR will work as well as a regular 60W bulb. Amber (low-blue) bulbs are best for use at night because they encourage melatonin production. That's why shift work has been shown to be bad for our health (carcinogenic), because of the blue/white light that most building use.

Also, check your power quality with a Graham Stetzer meter. The higher the number, the more likely you are to see have hot wiring and melted bulbs.

wow, hope everyone is ok?

do we even have a choice anymore? i use these bulbs in the summertime and regular incandescent bulbs in the winter. I have a supply of the incans but i can't remember seeing them in the stores recently.

Evil soul sucking monstrocities! Those blasted things suck my energy out and give me migraines. Let me keep my real lightbulbs please!!!

If something like that was done from power surging, that's no bueno. Think of what could happen if we do have some sort of electromagnetic blast from the sun that possibly fries our entire grid. I would imagine a power surge of that proportion would be strong enough to cause every CFL in use to explode. That's a lot of mercury vapor in the air... in just about every home and business in the US.

I started switching out all of my lightbulbs to LED a couple of years ago. Haven't had to replace one yet. And even though they'd still get cooked by a power surge, at least they won't put mercury in my breathing bubble.

Yeah that shit is safe...lol

CHRIT, Tell me why you had these in your house, come on man you not new to GLP. You know these bulbs are dangerous with Hg-gas and giving off EMF that are harmful to humans.



I will never give up my incandescent bulbs, ever.

Last Edited by DILKe on 01/03/2013 08:20 PM

Not common for CFLs to do that. You didn't perhaps use them with a light switch that has a dimmer, did you? Although I'm sure you know you can't dim CFL's, they are at risk to even be connected to a dimmer.


Besides that, probably a issue when the company that made them.

Some CFLs have a two pin base - presumably to prevent using a regular light bulb.

Does anyone know where to buy an adapter from the two pin base to a regular screw in base?

Maybe a shroom farm?

Had to see it for my self, turned out worse then I even expected lol

I just found this:

[link to www.amazon.com]

If you have the two pin base, you can adapt it to regular bulbs, or anything that screws in. It's good to have a choice.