[AT] LED lights

Steve W. swilliams268 at frontier.com
Sat Nov 8 21:31:13 PST 2014


DDSS wrote:
> The problem with cfl's, as I understand it, is that the electronics that 
> power the bulb continue to try to start it, even though the bulb is shot, 
> and that's when the sparks can occur.

The problem is that the way the CFL starter is designed it doesn't shut 
off once the bulb starts. The capacitors get heated up from the confined 
space and no cooling and they dry out and short. The sparks when they 
fail is very common.

-- 
Steve W.



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