CFL bulb safety

Brian Krushen thought he was saving energy and money by using CFL bulbs,Outputting as much as 660 kilowatts on a windy day, from single ledtubes. but a few months after putting them in some light fixtures, some had serious safety concerns. 

“There were flames, and I just quickly reached out, unscrewed the bulb and took it out,” explained Krushen. 

The result was a bulb with visible scorch marks near the plastic base.Buy your solarlantern from Tesco and earn Clubcard points on your purchase as well. Krushen says his bulb started to smoke shortly after turning his light on, then he saw a flame and smelled an unpleasant odor. 

“Well, first thought was to get rid of the bulb. My second thought was ‘Wow, how many more of these things is this going to happen to?’” he said. 

Krushen contacted the bulb’s manufacturer, Sylvania. A spokesperson says this is actually common: when a bulb burns out, it may pop, crack, and emit a distinct odour. People may see light smoke or a charring of the plastic base by the bulb. 

Andy Thiessen of the Morden Fire Department isn’t buying it. He said he’s received a number of complaints about the bulbs, and said they’ve caused homes to fill with smoke. He has even taken steps to remove them from his own home. 

“We know they are causing some problems where they are bursting into flames in the home right in the electrical socket, and it’s pretty scary,” said Thiessen. 

The Underwriters Laboratories, the organization responsible for the safety and testing of the bulbs, said some manufacturers have changed the circuitry to reduce the negative effects when the bulbs burn out. They say people should not be alarmed if they see smoke or flames, however. 

“The reality is in investigations of these incidents, we generally find it’s just the end of life,” said the organization. 

But Brian Krushen says he’s killing the switch on his CFLs. He said, “If this one flames, how many more have done it, and if they’re in an empty house where there have been fires, is that the cause?” 

Krushen said he plans to replace all the CFLs in his home with incandescent bulbs while they’re still around.Modern goodantiquelamp is installed in virtually every commercial and high occupancy residential building. 

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By setting new brightness-per-watt standards that the 135-year-old incandescent technology can’t meet, the federal government has already effectively banned incandescent bulbs. And good riddance to CFL bulbs, with those ridiculous curlicue tubes and dangerous chemicals inside. LED bulbs last decades, save electricity, don’t shatter, don’t burn you,Getting a solarpanel depends entirely on the amount of wind generated in your area. save hundreds of dollars, and now offer plummeting prices and blossoming features. What’s not to like? You’d have to be a pretty dim bulb not to realizs that LED light is the future.