What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « on: September 14, 2015, 11:07:03 AM » Author: Lumex120
I don't remember where I saw it, but I once saw an article saying you can get mercury poisoning from standing under   streetlights. I know that is wrong, and there is literally no way that could happen. What is the worst article you have seen?
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #2 on: September 14, 2015, 11:38:54 AM » Author: Solanaceae
If that's the case you can get arsenic poisoning from leds.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #3 on: September 14, 2015, 12:25:02 PM » Author: nicksfans
I've read that LEDs produce no noticeable heat.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #4 on: September 14, 2015, 12:25:53 PM » Author: FGS
Getting poisoning from arsenic in LEDs is the mos asinine thing I ever heard. They're deeply buried in the grain of salt sized dies themselves and in trace amounts at that. You'd need to grind them to super fine dust to even get any arsenic in you. (Finer than powdered sugar.)
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #5 on: September 14, 2015, 12:30:07 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Felipe, refer to Zarlog's first post. I was doing a spinoff of that.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #7 on: September 14, 2015, 01:04:56 PM » Author: Lumex120
Quote from: nicksfans on September 14, 2015, 12:25:02 PM I've read that LEDs produce no noticeable heat. In response to where you heard that: Oh really? Then how come my 100w green LED gets hot enough to melt plastic, even with an ice cube directly on the back of it? And that's not even at half the power.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #8 on: September 14, 2015, 01:10:21 PM » Author: FGS
Quote from: Ash on September 14, 2015, 12:55:47 PM Felipe Technically you can get arsenic in you by munching complete SMD LEDs. Just sayin' True but who's that stupid to go around eating SMD LEDs? LOL!
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #10 on: September 14, 2015, 01:37:27 PM » Author: dor123
The LEDs of the indirect fixtures at our resort room at Ein-Gev resort village, vaporised water on my finger in seconds and was very hot to touch.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #11 on: September 14, 2015, 01:43:19 PM » Author: dor123
1. https://translate.google.co.il/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calcalist.co.il%2Flocal%2Farticles%2F0%2C7340%2CL-3394356%2C00.html&edit-text= http://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3394356,00.html 2. https://translate.google.co.il/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ynet.co.il%2Farticles%2F0%2C7340%2CL-3997652%2C00.html&edit-text=&act=url http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3997652,00.html 3. https://translate.google.co.il/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globes.co.il%2Fnews%2Farticle.aspx%3Fdid%3D1000880831&edit-text=&act=url http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000880831
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Please forgive me if my choice of my words looks like offensive, while that isn't my intention.

I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).

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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #12 on: September 14, 2015, 04:01:04 PM » Author: Solanaceae
Maybe a curious kitty kat or a small child.
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	Re: What's the most offensive/wrong lighting article you have seen? « Reply #14 on: September 14, 2015, 04:13:35 PM » Author: Lumex120
"WARNING: energy-saving bulbs contain mercury In addition to the danger of radiation of energy-saving bulbs - now warns US Environmental Protection Agency that liquid mercury which can cause respiratory problems. Recommendations: When one bulb breaks, has quickly leave the room for at least 15 minutes" "Energy saving bulbs contain mercury". As if everyone doesn't know that. Radiation? CFL's arent nuclear powered. Mercury can't cause respiratory problems. It can cause health issues (if one to 5 CFLs break, you should just be worried about the glass, not the mercury. Anything higher than that, you should air out the room for at least 15 minutes, ideally with a fan.), but respiratory problems would be from smoke or dust, not liquid mercury. Leaving the room and not doing anything isn't going to solve the problem. The mercury won't go anywhere.
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