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There's NO Fire !!!!! maradcliff 09-17-2006
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Posted by on September 17, 2006, 8:57 am
Exactly , what is a glow, is it not a flame, cant see the problem with
the term burnin... sorry


Posted by m Ransley on September 17, 2006, 6:47 pm
Wait while I get my beer out of the Ice box and Dial a friend on the
telephone, Gee when is the last time your phone had a dial, but you
Dial a number don`t you, hers your sign.


Posted by larry moe 'n curly on September 18, 2006, 8:07 pm

m Ransley wrote:

> Wait while I get my beer out of the Ice box and Dial a friend on the
> telephone,

I have a rotary cell phone.


Posted by RickR on September 19, 2006, 5:29 pm
FYI: The tungsten does not burn.

It glows because it is really hot. Eventually enough of it evaporates
into the gas in the bulb so that one part heats even hotter. It then
melts, boils and causes a break.

RickR

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> >I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
> >
> > The light is TURNED ON.
> > It's NOT BURNING....
> >
> > I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
> > told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
> > donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
> > people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
> > it was burning there would be flames.
> >
> > Mark
>
> What is happening with that tungsten element? It is heated to the point it
> glows and then burns through doesn't it? You do not need huge flames to be
> burning. In the enclosure, it burns very slow compared to a bulb with no
> glass where it burns out in seconds.


Posted by Mark Lloyd on September 19, 2006, 9:31 pm

>FYI: The tungsten does not burn.
>

It can't burn with no oxygen in the bulb.

>It glows because it is really hot. Eventually enough of it evaporates
>into the gas in the bulb so that one part heats even hotter. It then
>melts, boils and causes a break.
>
>RickR
>
>Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> >I really wish people would stop saying a light is burning.
>> >
>> > The light is TURNED ON.
>> > It's NOT BURNING....
>> >
>> > I once heard that some guy called the fire department because someone
>> > told him his porch light was burning. Whether this is true or not, I
>> > donrt know, but I dont doubt its true considering how stupid some
>> > people are, but that term "light is burning" is really assenine. If
>> > it was burning there would be flames.
>> >
>> > Mark
>>
>> What is happening with that tungsten element? It is heated to the point it
>> glows and then burns through doesn't it? You do not need huge flames to be
>> burning. In the enclosure, it burns very slow compared to a bulb with no
>> glass where it burns out in seconds.
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