Hello again !
Yes, of course you have to be careful not to apply any force on the glass part
of the lamp. I have taken between 5 and 10 lamps apart and used the method of
holding the socket with a glove firmly against a piece of wood. Then using a
small screwdriver to carefully bend the socket into two parts. By doing in this
way no force is applied to the glass. When the socket is divided into two parts
it is an easy matter with a small sidecutter to cut the wires going to the
filaments.
73 SM5EUF Urban
----- Original Message -----
From: M. J. Powell <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: "RF"-chokes
In message <000901c38a48$e129d780$0fdce150@hughspc>, Hugh
<[email protected]> writes
>Good idea Urban,
>
>But do be careful that the glass doesn't break while prising the plastic
>base apart. You could get a bad cut, if holding the glass in one hand and
>the screwdriver in the other. Also the tube contains mercury vapour so don't
>breathe the gas if it does break (I don't know what the phosphor powder is
>made of, but it's probably nasty too!)
I remember reading in an electrical journal many years ago that the
powder in fluorescent tubes is very dangerous, particularly if you get
some in an open cut. The wound festers and will never heal. That's why
disposing of old fluorescent tubes should be done very carefully.
Mike
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M.J.Powell
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