Fluorescent Bulb Break, Problem?

[TallPaul]

"You are wrong." Well it certainly can be said you don't beat around the bush.

Oh yeah, methyl-mercury. Extremely nasty stuff. Google and you'll find the story of a professor who was working with MM using one of those isloation chambers with the gloves etc. Anyway a drop got on the glove and enough penetrated in the short exposure to kill her. She went demented within 6 months and dropped dead.

Wow, didn't know about the bacteria and fungi. Better pick up more Lysol on the way home.

 

[moribundman]

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"You are wrong." Well it certainly can be said you don't beat around the bush.

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You prefer it sugarcoated, Paula?

 

[alreadygone]

After years of brake dust asbestos inhalation and ingestion, Don't figure mercury's ever gonna be what kills me.

Bob

 

[OriginHacker21]

Brake dust has abestos in it?! No wonder why people go insane ... we're killing ourselves just by living in the city!

 

[moribundman]

Many car makers have used only asbestos-free pads for years. I believe that most brake pads (and clutch linings) are now asbestos-free. The dust is still hazardous, though.

 

[brianl703]

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we had a brownout last week, about 90 volts was being supplied, while most lights were pretty dim, I noticed those with the ice cream fluorescents were much brighter

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They have switching power supplies (in the ballast) and that is one of the great advantages of this type of power supply. As the input voltage drops the power supply will simply draw more current to compensate.

 

[TallPaul]

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we had a brownout last week, about 90 volts was being supplied, while most lights were pretty dim, I noticed those with the ice cream fluorescents were much brighter

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They have switching power supplies (in the ballast) and that is one of the great advantages of this type of power supply. As the input voltage drops the power supply will simply draw more current to compensate.

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Thanks. Even so, I still can't sell wife and kids on the things, so we only have a few. They don't like how it comes on slightly dimmer and takes half a minute to get to full brightness. Of course if they knew about the mercury.....