[Spridgets] Frank and....*****

[Wm. Severin Thompson]

It's gonna suck if Frank knock's on heaven's door and finds out God is
Chinese.

-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Woerpel
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 2:38 PM
To: SPRIDGETS
Subject: [Spridgets] Frank and....*****

Most of us know how Frank felt about certain imports.  Most of knew he 
was smiling (mostly) when he would berate a certain product, sometimes a 
bit too much.
I received this today and immediately wondered what Frank's response 
would be.  I'll not find out....damn.

> Just passing this on
>
> *Below  is a picture (picture not included) of a CFL light bulb from 
> my bathroom.  I turned it on  the other day and then smelled smoke 
> after a few minutes.    Four inch flames were spewing out of the side 
> of the ballast  like a blow torch!  I immediately turned off the 
> lights.  But  I'm sure it would have caused a fire if I was not right 
> there.   Imagine if the kids had left the lights on as usual when they 
> were  not in the  room.
> I took the bulb to the Fire Department to  report the incident.  The 
> Fireman wasn't at all surprised and  said that it was not an uncommon 
> occurrence.   Apparently,   sometimes when the bulb burns out there is 
> a chance that the  ballast can start a fire.   He told me that the 
> Fire Marshall  had issued reports about the dangers of these bulbs.
>
> Upon  doing some Internet research, it seems that bulbs made by 
> "Globe" in  China seem to have the lion's share of problems.  Lots of 
> fires  have been blamed on misuse of CFL bulbs, like using them in 
> recessed  lighting, pot lights, dimmers or in track lighting.  Mine 
> was  installed in a normal light socket.
>
> I bought these at  Wal-Mart.  I will be removing all the Globe bulbs 
> from my house.   CFL bulbs are a great energy saver but make sure you 
> buy a name  brand like Sylvania , Phillips or GE and not the ones from 
> China   . *
>

-- 
Dave W.