File information |
Filename: | G40R-C.jpg |
Album name: | XmasLightsGuy / T12 & Over |
Manufacturer: | General Electric |
Model: | F40T12/RVL |
Power Consumption: | 40w |
Working Voltage: | 93v / 430ma |
Overall Width / Diameter: | T12 |
Overall Length: | 48" |
Cap Type: | Medium Bi-pin |
Cap Finish: | Silver (bare metal) |
Light Colour Temp: | 2600k / 69 CRI |
Lumen Output: | 3000 ... well, its zero now. |
Lifespan: | 15,000 hours |
Circuit Type: | Rapid-Start |
Comments: | (look closely near the endcap)
Why is it that fluorescent lamps crack like that (sometimes all the way around & the end falls off)...just from sitting in a box?
And why is it usually something that's no longer made? instead of just a common thing you can run down to the store & get one of? |
Country Of Origin: | USA |
Filesize: | 107 KiB |
Date added: | Sep 02, 2015 |
Dimensions: | 500 x 1232 pixels |
Displayed: | 81 times |
URL: | https://allthingslighting.co.uk/atl/displayimage.php?pid=21565 |
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'ring off' seems like a good name for it to me.
@Tom:
I rememer seeing a pic posted here of either a Thorn or Atlas with the end gone
I've had this happen to atleast 2 others (in those cases the end came fully off), One I know was just a 'nothing special' lamp, either GE or Philips, I can't remember now. The other I don't remember anything, other than being annoyed about it when I found it.
...oh and then there was the time I "finished off" an EOL F8T5 on a VHO ballast, after frying it I put it in the to be recycled pile...then a couple weeks later I happened to notice that both ends had dropped off ROFL
(I don't count that one since 1.5Amps through a little tube like that is some good abuse .lol. )
Yeah that'd make sense Zelandeth, I wonder if it starts with a minor flaw in the glass?
This tube is actually only a few years old, but they were uncommon to begin with, and now no longer made due to these stupid lamp regulations/bans.