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

 
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Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
I could smell them burning, ended up replacing ALL of them. Pieces of junk cost too much, burn out to quick and almost caught on fire. What a wonderful product.


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woa , looks dangerous
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yummy healthy mercury vapor. some politicians and lobbyists and some company must be making lots of money off this bs
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
But... But..... They promised these would last 20years!!!!!
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
When I put them in, turned on the light switch, they EXPLODED.

If I can't use light bulbs, I guess I'll save on electricity. I have since learned how to make candles.
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
Health dangers mercury fumes from CFL Compact Florescent Tube light bulbs?

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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
Dirty truth about CFL Bulbs p3 of 3

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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
I wonder what you were using them lights for??? lol
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Where are the do gooders? EPA and the likes?

what lies we have been sold
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Mayan talks about particle accelerators. Pay attention to the part about mercury and energy-efficient light bulbs.

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Your electric supply is fucked up.
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smart meters maybe? also i had one melt into to halves once, damn thing could have burnt down my house.
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Don't use them with a rheostat/dimmer
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Dude, do not use those bulbs.

Read this if you want to know why.

[link to www.epa.gov]
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Don't use them with a rheostat/dimmer
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No dimmer but your right.

I believe it was the ballast clicking on and off for no reason that melted them, if that is true that also means they were costing me a lot more to run then a regular bulb.

Now what I did notice is the newer generation of these things have vent holes, but look at it, it’s still browning slowly.


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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
i am responsible for interior lighting at a major university, and i see lights like this all day. the plastic deteriorates from heat and UV exposure. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Contemporary LED's are better on wattage consumption, but generate more heat due to an integral transformer jammed into a nice tight package you can still screw into existing fixtures.
the solution: LED lighting with proprietary DC low-voltage distribution in line with battery banks and a solar voltaic array.

engineers and architects who still spec all this antiquated technology are to blame.
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Don't use them with a rheostat/dimmer
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No dimmer but your right.

I believe it was the ballast clicking on and off for no reason that melted them, if that is true that also means they were costing me a lot more to run then a regular bulb.

Now what I did notice is the newer generation of these things have vent holes, but look at it, it’s still browning slowly.


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I use all DC lighting, because of my solar...incandescent bulbs get hot enough to fry an egg on and will explode if you splash them with water while they're hot...also had halogen lights years ago and the kids and I sailing paper airplanes actually set fire to one when it landed on one...if a light gets hot you are wasting energy.
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
This has happened to me before. Older bulbs in sockets that were meant for maybe a 40-watt incandescent bulb at most ... They are expensive and the mercury is dangerous, but just think ... even if ever paycheck, or every other paycheck, you bought LED bulbs, then your house would be 100% LED in a year. They are quite the investment but I think its worth it!
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
I've used them for years with no problems. I've had a couple burn out after a year but after checking they were made in China and were ones that I grabbed on sale without looking.
The rest I've used were some GE made in the US (check the package) and I've had some of them in use for about 6 years.
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Dude, do not use those bulbs.

Read this if you want to know why.

[link to www.epa.gov]
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Agreed. Those bulbs are evil, man. Stay away, FAR away.
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CFL's are complete shit! Get rid of them if you have them, as they produce dirty electricity and a terrible light spectrum. As soon as I switched mine out I started feeling much better.

There is a reason why governments push them so much and it's NOT to save you money!

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But... But..... They promised these would last 20years!!!!!
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ugly, poisonous, wayyy overpriced, do not last, horrible, dreary, cold light

environmentally-friendly MY ARSE. more like specifically created to poison, impoverish and depress everyone

LEDs!
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
I had one do the same thing a week ago.
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:woa: , looks dangerous
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
All of my CFL's do the browning. I have even had a few get hot and smoke. I am about to the go buy all the standard bulbs I can. FUCK CFL's..
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
those are super toxic, you should get rid of them quickly
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Health dangers mercury fumes from CFL Compact Florescent Tube light bulbs?

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Mercury in the lightbulbs, mercury in the vaccinations, mercury in your teeth fillings...

Looks to me like someone wants to poison you good people.
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Re: Pics of a few CFL lights from my house, ever see a CFL melt.
i am responsible for interior lighting at a major university, and i see lights like this all day. the plastic deteriorates from heat and UV exposure. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Contemporary LED's are better on wattage consumption, but generate more heat due to an integral transformer jammed into a nice tight package you can still screw into existing fixtures.
the solution: LED lighting with proprietary DC low-voltage distribution in line with battery banks and a solar voltaic array.

engineers and architects who still spec all this antiquated technology are to blame.
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Could you point us in the direction of manufacturers that sell stuff that is good?
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