What a waste of lamps! « on: February 03, 2020, 10:30:38 PM » Author: HPS_250
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQjL0MrjzPI Found this video while searching for fluorescent starters online today. Some guy thought it was a good idea to shred perfectly good incandescent lamps, fluorescent tubes, and starters. Come on, this isn’t funny!
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	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #2 on: February 04, 2020, 08:11:19 AM » Author: Rommie
I never did like horror films
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	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #3 on: February 04, 2020, 09:24:16 AM » Author: HPS_250
This is a horror film except for when the LED cob was shredded...
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I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #4 on: February 04, 2020, 09:34:54 AM » Author: Rommie
Quote from: HPS_250 on February 04, 2020, 09:24:16 AM This is a horror film except for when the LED cob was shredded...  If I want to see LED's getting it, I just watch this one from Photon
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	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #5 on: February 04, 2020, 09:54:11 AM » Author: HPS_250
It went open circuit from all those volts! The best part is when he steps on it though.
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I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #6 on: February 04, 2020, 09:59:24 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
I enjoyed watching him  "RELEASE THE MAGIC SMOKE " from the capacitor at the end , reminded me of some of the crazy things a friend and I did back in high school . We used to get old TV's from the dump , take them apart and hook mains voltage to the circuit board via a cord with 2 alligator clips placed at random places and plug in the cord and watch the show !!    ZAAAAAAAAAP !
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	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #7 on: February 04, 2020, 10:55:20 PM » Author: HPS_250
Quote from: wide-lite 1000 on February 04, 2020, 09:59:24 PM I enjoyed watching him  "RELEASE THE MAGIC SMOKE " from the capacitor at the end , reminded me of some of the crazy things a friend and I did back in high school . We used to get old TV's from the dump , take them apart and hook mains voltage to the circuit board via a cord with 2 alligator clips place at random places and plug in the cord and watch the show !!    ZAAAAAAAAAP ! That must have been fun! I admit the magic capacitor smoke was entertaining!
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I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #8 on: February 04, 2020, 11:14:31 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
It's amazing how much smoke fits in such a small capacitor , I know as I've personally seen it !!!  One capacitor about 3/4" long X 1/2" wide can fill a 10' x 12' room with so much smoke you can't see from one end to the other !  . I wonder how they fit all that smoke in such a small space ?
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	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #9 on: February 04, 2020, 11:28:40 PM » Author: HPS_250
Quote from: wide-lite 1000 on February 04, 2020, 11:14:31 PM It's amazing how much smoke fits in such a small capacitor , I know as I've personally seen it !!!  One capacitor about 3/4" long X 1/2" wide can fill a 10' x 12' room with so much smoke you can't see from one end to the other !  . I wonder how they fit all that smoke in such a small space ? I wonder too...  If that much smoke fit into one capacitor, then it would be an automatic electric smoke bomb! Now they have two purposes...
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I’ve always been interested in all kinds of lighting, mainly incandescent and HID, and especially all kinds of sodium lamps (HPS/LPS). I’ll tolerate LED but I’m not a fan of it.
I’m not proud to say that my city has Devolved to LED.

	Re: What a waste of lamps! « Reply #10 on: February 05, 2020, 07:54:44 AM » Author: Rommie
I would love to know how smoke is injected into components, it must be a very skilled job
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