[Elecraft] CFL lamps

[Fraser Robertson]

We just had the exact same thing happen to a CFL - intermittent operation 
and very hot, to the point of it being a fire hazard.  It's not the first 
one we've had fail, but the first to overheat.

73 Fraser G4BJM


>From: "Jeremiah McCarthy" <wa2dkg at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: wa2dkg at earthlink.net
>To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] CFL lamps
>Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:53:31 -0500
>
>I have had CFL's throughout the house for years with no complaints, until 
>recently...I had been working in the basement and having finished my chore, 
>came upstairs...I smelled the familiar odor of "things electronic" 
>burning...The table lamp in the living room was out and was the source of 
>the odor...
>
>The 20 watt "twisty" was so hot I could not touch it, and when it cooled 
>enough to remove it the white base was blistered and had small cracks in 
>the plastic base radiating out from around the glass tube...It is my 
>opinion that we came very close to afire...Cutting the base open revealed a 
>small PCB that was badly scorched...I will continue to use CFL's but will 
>be sure they are reputable name brand units, although with out-sourcing, I 
>guess we can't be sure that means anything...This one was a GE and was made 
>in China...
>
>Jerry, wa2dkg
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