Dangerous, CFLs, compact fluorescent light bulbs burning, catching fire.

The second compact fluorescent light bulb to catch fire in my home. These bulbs are hazardous!

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• cfl
• compact fluorescent light bulb

[bamaslamma1003]

I guess the environazis don't care how many people's houses burn down as long as we're using "green" lighting.

[mrsdontuwantoknow]

@bamaslamma1003 I'm sure a house fire leaves a mighty big carbon footprint.

[SlightyDisturbedNBK]

@numonik99 "hazmat disposal" You mean your local recycling centre, way to blow it out of proportion. I've broken a few of these bulbs, just ventilate the room and clean it up, no need to be so paranoid about a bloody lightbulb.

[numonik99]

It is not just burning plastic that you smell. When they burn they release the toxic mercury gas inside them. They are considered a hazmat and need to be disposed of as a hazardous material. Supposedly we are not to put them in the trash but take them to a hazmat disposal place. Yah, right. After two exploded and filled the office with toxic gas i got rid of all of them and bought cases of long-life incandescent bulbs--bless them.

[jimjam187]

So yesterday then same thing happened to me, my bulbs were also sylvania bulbs. I have 12 in my home and I looked at the other and they are also on the way to doing the same thing. I think this ia b.s. and if we have enough people with the same problems we may have something here..



[falconer6439]

@evlwevl69 Personally Ive never had, or heard of anyone having these problems with CFL's (I have them throughout my house and two 68w bulbs outside that get left on more often than I would like through the night). The cost to buy is offset by longterm savings (cannot count how many tungsten bulbs ive replaced in my lifetime), and there really is no wasted energy, they give off very little heat relative to a standard tungsten bulb. Im curious whether the bulb always blowsin thatoldlamp

[PipeOrganistSC]

This comment will probably get voted down, but just let me run something by everyone: Why is the government trying to mandate that we use potentially hazardous lightbulbs in our homes, hospitals, and places of business? It is obvious that there are serious flaws with CFL's. Some say that they could even cause cancer. Call me a whistle-blowing lunatic, but are CFL's an abstract method of population control? I think it very well could be. 

[evlwevl69]

6- I am a ghetto building inspector and the poor can't seem to afford 25 cent light bulbs (I haven't seen a cfl yet in 7 years of inspection) 7- let me guess the reason these bulbs are made in china, because they would be $9 a piece if they were made in the u.s. due to our epa regulations. Heres the thing, I will buy more YOUVE GOT NO CHOICE THANKS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

[evlwevl69]

ok I read all the posts, just had this happen the other night right in front of my family, good thing I was home and awake. I bought the hype, green, less energy....blah blah. I hope benhutchinson is being funny because this is an enormous fiasco for a whole list of reasons: 1- the fire risk 2-the cost to buy 3-the cost to manufacture 4-the cost of disposal 5 - the issue of wasted energy=heat (I live in the great white north so heat from my lights is not a problem) not done there's more

[fournier1592]

@mrsdontuwantoknow lmfao