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Originally Posted by holmesuser01
On the CFL note, I have one in a fixture in the house here. I have left it turned on for several years, and it finally died. When it did, it got the base so hot that it smoked, burning dust. ...
The longer I have CFL's, the more nervous I am. I use them at work, too, and several have gotten hot enough to trip the overheat switch inside the light fixtures... ...
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I've salvaged electrolytic caps from dead CFLs that did not fail so spectularly. Got 2 15uF at 250V 105C caps from one yesterday. Yes, I tested them, as I know these can lead hard lives. The bulb blew one of its filaments, and it looks like the electronics were fine. And got 4 1N4007 diodes out of it too, tested fine.
10-09-2011, 07:25 PM
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