hockeyoligist2
Senior Member
- Location
- close to greenville sc
Caution!!! CFL's (compact florescent lights) can be a fire hazard!
Last night my Mom called and said "please come quick a light is on fire!" I rushed to their house and the ballast in the CFL had caught fire, the whole house smelled like a burned ballast. It was lucky they were awake when this happened, she may not have got it turned off in time. The ceiling tiles around the light were scorched.
If it had been a plain old incandescent bulb it would have just stopped working!
Last night my Mom called and said "please come quick a light is on fire!" I rushed to their house and the ballast in the CFL had caught fire, the whole house smelled like a burned ballast. It was lucky they were awake when this happened, she may not have got it turned off in time. The ceiling tiles around the light were scorched.
If it had been a plain old incandescent bulb it would have just stopped working!