[Boatanchors] CFLs

[rbethman]

On 10/3/2015 6:36 PM, Phil wrote:
> Thanks,
> Actually, I just did my first one yesterday.  I thought the radio room 
> looked a bit dark, one of the ceiling lamp CFL's was out.  I CAN'T 
> afford to just toss working bulbs "just because".  I have a lamp right 
> over the operating position that I STILL put a standard 60W 
> incandescent in as CFLs in that lamp buzz up the reception in any 
> portables I use on the bench (don't get into the radios with outdoor 
> antennas though).  Just for that lamp I stocked up on the 60W ones 
> before they became hard to get.
>
> Replaced it, then examined the bulb.  one side of the glass curly-cue 
> had cracked all the way around.  I almost trashed it without going any 
> further as it's supposed to be full of "bad things".
>
> Then I thought, "What the heck".  Any damage from leaking stuff is 
> already done, put a pair of gloves on, took it and a paper bag outside 
> and holding it in the bag smacked the intact side of the glass thingy 
> with a pair of pliers (keeping face etc WELL away from the top of the 
> bag).  It snapped off cleanly and I retrieved the base part and tossed 
> the bag in the garbage bin.  Yeah, the EPA would scream, but the 
> government forced these things on us. Besides, it's just putting back 
> into the earth what came out of it, so you can say I'm an "ecologist" 
> with the earth's best interest at heart. . .
>
> The base pried apart easily at the seam and I retrieved the circuit 
> card.  Haven't stripped it yet though.
>
>
> 73 de Phil,  KO6BB
Phil,

Being perfectly honest, I don't see why the wife does some of these things!

She squawks about money all the time, and lord help me if I spend over 
some mystical number.

Yet she has taken it upon herself to remove the CFLs and put LED 
lighting in its place.

I use an LED magnifying lamp on my small work table.  I just had to use 
a capacitor to get rid of the very harsh RFI hash the power supply was 
generating.

Just a couple of cents worth if that, in terms of what I had into some 
wild number of them obtained from one of Brad Thompson Blivets.

Most likely tenths of a cent or so.

The lamp sure makes the old peepers happy!  I can see so much better 
when I get into those surface mount parts and boards!

I just see more useful parts, less to procure, and less squawking over 
how many rupees or rubles spent.

I ought to go hunting for an RDF receiver from an old Cherokee or Cessna 
that has been crumpled and is being robbed of parts.

Then I could give a hand at receiving the LF part of the world.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN