7 Nov
2014
7 Nov
'14
7:34 p.m.
"Don't be alarmed if you see smoke or fire" (coming out of your CFLs) -
"It's just the end of life"
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/consumerwatch-cfl-bulb-safety-1.1210152
CFLs definitely do not like being enclosed or upside down; they can also
create substantial RF interference.And then there's the mercury content, dim
light, especially when cold, etc. But they're a good source of parts...
I haven't had my LED lamps long enough yet to see how they fare in those
conditions.
m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <General at classiccmp.org>; "Discussion at classiccmp.org:On-Topic and
Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: Osborne Vixen - Zenith 7" display t-shooting issues
On 11/07/2014 06:59 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
Sales guy there once said that the local utility
(here it's Xcel Energy)
subsidizes the prices for some reason.. must be some idiot carbon-cutting
/
offsetting regulation crap, or something like that, I'd guess. But FWIW,
that's what we were told. Gotta keep those polar bears in seal blubber,
ya
know..
Oh, I think I pay less than $2 the each here, but a lot of those things
are really Chinese crap--and they seldom last their stated life. If all
my fixtures were base-down, they might last longer, but they're not--by an
large, they're IC recessed "cans". One of the reasons that I don't
invest
in LED Edison base replacements is that I suspect the electronics will
have its life considerably shortened by thermal issues.
Manufacturers hem and haw about this issue a lot.
--Chuck