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Article #8937Fluorescent lamp failure mode(s)
From: Jon Brinkmann
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 04:43
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 1990 04:43
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I've often wondered what the failure mode is for fluorescent light bulbs. It all came back yesterday when one or both of the U-shaped bulbs failed in the fixture in our kitchen. BTW, they are $10 each (I'm tempted to trash the fixture and buy one that uses straight tubes)! It had been running fine for a couple of hours when it flickered and made a ticking sound and started flickering dimly. I measured the continuity between the pins at each end of the tube thinking that it might be a broken pre-heater filament, but the continuity was good. Can anyone out there help? Jon --- -- Jon Brinkmann Astronomy Department Internet: jvb7u@Virginia.EDU University of Virginia UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!jvb7u P.O. Box 3818 SPAN/HEPnet: 6654::jvb7u Charlottesville, VA 22903-0818
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!uvaarpa!murdoch!news From: jvb7u@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Jon Brinkmann) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Fluorescent lamp failure mode(s) Keywords: Fluorescent lamp failure Message-ID: <1990Dec14.044303.9610@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 14 Dec 90 04:43:03 GMT Sender: Jon Brinkmann Organization: University of Virginia, Astronomy Department Lines: 18