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Title: False article about fluorescents and LEDs on Ynet (Use Google Translation)
Post by: dor123 on December 06, 2011, 05:26:30 AM

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4156702,00.html
The article is in hebrew, so please use Google Translation.
It says that fluorescent lamps uses neon (Instead of low pressure mercury vapour) in order to produces UVC to strike the phosphors, what a stupid thinking. ;D

Title: Re: False article about fluorescents and LEDs on Ynet (Use Google Translation)
Post by: Ash on December 06, 2011, 11:36:16 AM

Fluorescent lamps are called in Hebrew slang NEON lamps. No wonder everybody is thinking that they contain neon

Title: Re: False article about fluorescents and LEDs on Ynet (Use Google Translation)
Post by: sol on December 06, 2011, 07:24:17 PM

It is the same in French, especially in Québec.

Title: Re: False article about fluorescents and LEDs on Ynet (Use Google Translation)
Post by: Medved on December 07, 2011, 02:16:06 AM

I think it is quite common to name them so.