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Electronics Workbench, Oddities

Compact Fluorescent Bulb Autopsy

I generally harvest inductors & suchlike, but …

2017-11-252017-11-24Repairs6 Comments
Home Ec, Oddities

Failed Compact Fluorescent Bulb

One end of the twisty tube got really really hot as it failed

2017-11-042017-10-25Repairs13 Comments
Electronics Workbench, Home Ec, Photography & Images

Compact Fluorescent Bulb Lifetime: Another Data Point

Let us assume all 108 bulbs were installed at the same time

2012-09-062012-09-05Repairs11 Comments
Electronics Workbench, Home Ec

Early Compact Fluorescent Bulb Failure

I’d say a year isn’t nearly long enough to reap any benefits…

2012-01-272012-01-13Rants24 Comments
Electronics Workbench, Home Ec, Machine Shop

Fluorescent Shop Light Ballasts, Redux

The black gunk smells more like plastic

2018-04-122018-04-11Improvements, Repairs12 Comments
Electronics Workbench, Home Ec, Science

CFL Lifetime: Better Than Average

Enough power-on hours to suggest it won’t survive for another five years

2021-11-182021-11-16Repairs5 Comments
Electronics Workbench, Science

Long-lived CFL Bulb

Survived nearly two decades

2018-10-072018-10-05Repairs

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