tip/trick
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From: Ball Ground Georgia
tip/trick
I stumbled upon this by accident recently and it is so simple I don't know why I had not seen or heard about it before now.
Using the old type trouble light and dropped it 2 times in 2 days, typical result...poof went the bulb. So I go to the utility room the last bulb we have are the new fangled corkscrew flourescents...I figure what the heck and pop one in...
Just as i thought, it took about 15 seconds to get bright as a regular bulb. Then after 15 min it dawned on me...I rolled over and laid my arm on it from the creeper...NO BURN!!! Later I dropped it NO POOF!!!... I can now just grab it by the metal shroud and put it right next to my face working in tight spaces....AWESOME!
Has everone else figured this out or am I the last to the party? Anyway...for those still still getting burned and going "poof"...pop in a corkscrew flourescent into that old trouble light...
Using the old type trouble light and dropped it 2 times in 2 days, typical result...poof went the bulb. So I go to the utility room the last bulb we have are the new fangled corkscrew flourescents...I figure what the heck and pop one in...
Just as i thought, it took about 15 seconds to get bright as a regular bulb. Then after 15 min it dawned on me...I rolled over and laid my arm on it from the creeper...NO BURN!!! Later I dropped it NO POOF!!!... I can now just grab it by the metal shroud and put it right next to my face working in tight spaces....AWESOME!
Has everone else figured this out or am I the last to the party? Anyway...for those still still getting burned and going "poof"...pop in a corkscrew flourescent into that old trouble light...
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From: Ball Ground Georgia
I know...I grew up in a garage...just didn't have the rough service ones in the house...but they still go poof too...and I can't tell you how many times I have gotten burned getting up against a trouble light.
As far as mercury, I checked the package and no mention of mecury...I would't think they would be allowed to sell them if they had mercury in them...
As far as mercury, I checked the package and no mention of mecury...I would't think they would be allowed to sell them if they had mercury in them...
Drifting
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From: columbus ohio
call your epa office and ask them how to clean up the new bulbs. or look it up. jim
ps i use them because they give off less heat in the summer and are brighter than reg old bulbs. also you can get them with a higher kelvin
and the light is white light compared to yellow light. but they are not cheap.
ps i use them because they give off less heat in the summer and are brighter than reg old bulbs. also you can get them with a higher kelvin
and the light is white light compared to yellow light. but they are not cheap.
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From: Beverly Hills (Pine Ridge) Florida
I use a small 6" bulb fluorescent trouble light (had to wire it in to my old 3 wire reel trouble light take up spool). No burn, much less wattage, and have only broken one bulb in the 5 years I have had it (just a cracked bulb, so no concern about mercury. Complete units and bulbs available at Lowes, Home Depot, and FleaBay, plus probably WalMart.
Here is a similar unit: http://cgi.ebay.com/26W-Fluorescent-...item35ac5b6e88
Also use a stick type LED portable (cordless) light a lot in the garage. Here is one version, but there are many others out there:
http://cgi.ebay.com/78-LED-12-V-VOLT...item4399b34e76
Or:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Designer-Edge-L-...item2eb0deaabb
Here is a LED trouble light with a reel:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DesignerEdge-E-3...item2eb187fd01
Plasticman
Here is a similar unit: http://cgi.ebay.com/26W-Fluorescent-...item35ac5b6e88
Also use a stick type LED portable (cordless) light a lot in the garage. Here is one version, but there are many others out there:
http://cgi.ebay.com/78-LED-12-V-VOLT...item4399b34e76
Or:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Designer-Edge-L-...item2eb0deaabb
Here is a LED trouble light with a reel:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DesignerEdge-E-3...item2eb187fd01
Plasticman
Last edited by Plasticman; Apr 24, 2011 at 08:33 PM.
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I know...I grew up in a garage...just didn't have the rough service ones in the house...but they still go poof too...and I can't tell you how many times I have gotten burned getting up against a trouble light.
As far as mercury, I checked the package and no mention of mecury...I would't think they would be allowed to sell them if they had mercury in them...
As far as mercury, I checked the package and no mention of mecury...I would't think they would be allowed to sell them if they had mercury in them...
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http://www.environmentcolorado.org/eehq/cfl/mercury
Plasticman
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You break one of the newfangled bulbs, you about gotta call in the moon suits to clean it up right. REAL smart idea our government crammed down our throats. 
(Or did it come from the other direction? 
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(Or did it come from the other direction? )
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From: Ball Ground Georgia
No mention of break or hazmat on my package...maybe I should sue them...
I also use one of those LED headlamps like you see the hunters wear walking into the woods in the dark. Keeps both hands free and allow you to get a good beam of light in tight spaces right in align with your eyes. Wonder what hazard that is? Probably end up with crossed eyes in 5 years, like the eyeglass rest in the movie the jerk...hazards, hazards everywhere
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I wouldn't worry about the mercury in compact flourescents. For many,many years it has been one of the ingredients in amalgam.
Amalgam?..... It's the stuff your dentist uses to fill the hole in your tooth after he drills out the cavity.
I sh*t you not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_controversy
Amalgam?..... It's the stuff your dentist uses to fill the hole in your tooth after he drills out the cavity.
I sh*t you not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_controversy
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P.S. I did not know this until I read this on the interweb news:
Ottawa proposing to ban most mercury-containing products in Canada
By The Canadian Press | – Mon, 28 Feb, 2011 OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing new regulations that would ban the manufacture, import, and sale of most mercury-containing products in Canada.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Environment Minister Peter Kent say the move would eliminate 4.5 tonnes of mercury in products entering the marketplace each year.
The government, however, will still allow some mercury-containing products to continue to be manufactured and imported, including scientific instruments, dental fillings and fluorescent lamps.
But the ministers say there will be limits on the amount of mercury allowed in different types of fluorescent lamps.
There will also be improved label information for consumers about the level of mercury in the products and how to safely dispose of them.
The public has until May 12 to comment on the new regulations.
Ottawa proposing to ban most mercury-containing products in Canada
By The Canadian Press | – Mon, 28 Feb, 2011 OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing new regulations that would ban the manufacture, import, and sale of most mercury-containing products in Canada.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Environment Minister Peter Kent say the move would eliminate 4.5 tonnes of mercury in products entering the marketplace each year.
The government, however, will still allow some mercury-containing products to continue to be manufactured and imported, including scientific instruments, dental fillings and fluorescent lamps.
But the ministers say there will be limits on the amount of mercury allowed in different types of fluorescent lamps.
There will also be improved label information for consumers about the level of mercury in the products and how to safely dispose of them.
The public has until May 12 to comment on the new regulations.
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Rechargable LED wand. No heat. No mercury. Lasts about six continuous hours. By that time I'm ready for a beer anyway.
BTW my seventh grade science teacher would most likely have been executed by today's EPA gurus for the experiment he had us do. Everyone brought in their dirtiest dime and he gave us each a drop of mercury to spread all over it and make it shine again. No gloves used and no deaths either.
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Rechargable LED wand. No heat. No mercury. Lasts about six continuous hours. By that time I'm ready for a beer anyway.
BTW my seventh grade science teacher would most likely have been executed by today's EPA gurus for the experiment he had us do. Everyone brought in their dirtiest dime and he gave us each a drop of mercury to spread all over it and make it shine again. No gloves used and no deaths either.
And yeah, I used to play with mercury and silver coins and I'm still here. I used to carry an ink bottle full of it around in my pocket.
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Now when you break one of those CFL bulbs, be sure and follow the EPA regulations for cleanup or they'll come and take you away...away...away. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZalyKzXnlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZalyKzXnlo
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Now when you break one of those CFL bulbs, be sure and follow the EPA regulations for cleanup or they'll come and take you away...away...away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZalyKzXnlo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZalyKzXnlo
Excellent video, shows how stupid the EPA can be! 