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the dim light of a CF starting up. mm 07-29-2007
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Posted by mm on July 29, 2007, 2:08 am
Has anyone ever confused the dim light of a Compact Fluorescent bulb
starting up with smoke?

I just went down into the basement to turn off the AC fan, and when I
got to the turn half way down the stairs, I thought I saw smoke. The
dryer had been on, but it had stopped. I couldn't smell anything, and
as time went on, 10 or 15 seconds, I either couldn't see the smoke or
it wasn't there.

I think maybe it's just that the cf's got brighter. Possible?

Posted by Meat Plow on July 29, 2007, 12:32 pm
On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:08:30 -0400, mm wrote:

> Has anyone ever confused the dim light of a Compact Fluorescent bulb
> starting up with smoke?
>
> I just went down into the basement to turn off the AC fan, and when I
> got to the turn half way down the stairs, I thought I saw smoke. The
> dryer had been on, but it had stopped. I couldn't smell anything, and
> as time went on, 10 or 15 seconds, I either couldn't see the smoke or
> it wasn't there.
>
> I think maybe it's just that the cf's got brighter. Possible?

Yep. I once turned on a Sylvania/Osram cf and flames shot out the side of
it. Never used another.


Posted by mm on July 29, 2007, 7:13 pm
wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:08:30 -0400, mm wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever confused the dim light of a Compact Fluorescent bulb
>> starting up with smoke?
>>
>> I just went down into the basement to turn off the AC fan, and when I
>> got to the turn half way down the stairs, I thought I saw smoke. The
>> dryer had been on, but it had stopped. I couldn't smell anything, and
>> as time went on, 10 or 15 seconds, I either couldn't see the smoke or
>> it wasn't there.
>>
>> I think maybe it's just that the cf's got brighter. Possible?
>
>Yep. I once turned on a Sylvania/Osram cf and flames shot out the side of
>it. Never used another.

So that would be a combination of warming up AND fire. Very
interesting!


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