[Elecraft] (OT) smoke test [END of Thread]

[Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft]

Interesting OT thread, but time to let it rest in the interest in 
keeping list volume under control :-)

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
Elecraft List Moderator

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williamsonr at pbtcomm.net wrote:
> I too have had one of these "let go".  I have a lamp near my reading chair that used a 3 way Fluorescent lamp.  While reading one day I began to hear a hissing sound followed by a loud bang (like a fire cracker) and "lights out".  Upon examination the class envelope of the tube near the base had overheated to the point of flowing and eventually bursting.  Not a great feeling - and again if I had not been home at the time to pull the plug????? Do these things have a safety issue?
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> Rodger, N4NRW
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