The Death Of A Fluorescent Bulb (vid 37) .. this one gave a great 'EOL show'

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • For the 37th in my "Death Of A Fluorescent" series I've got a F20T12 to finish off.
    This one didn't last long, but it gave an AWESOME show, one of the best I've ever seen!
    And also did stuff I haven't seen before.
    The orange glow separating from the end & moving partway down the tube was cool! (not to mention weird)!
    Then a dim spot moving along, another odd thing it did.
    Then the slow progressive changeover to that pink color! whoa!
    It truly did turn pink, close but not quite as intense of a color as the camera made it look.
    Ballast used was an instant start electronic...
    Advance 3xF32T8, wired for 2x overdrive on the EOL lamp.

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  • @Craig-xw7ff
    @Craig-xw7ff Місяць тому

    I love seeing light bulbs eat it!!! 😀
    And I've never seen a fluorescent light blub put on an EOL show like that!!! 😲

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Місяць тому

      Yep same here, love seeing one EOL
      And yeah, this was one of the best 'shows' I've seen. Kinda doubt I'll bet another one that good. .lol.

  • @caseybrown824
    @caseybrown824 Рік тому +2

    That is the coolest florescent lamp birn out I've ever seen.

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому +3

      @Casey Brown
      Same here. One of the best I've ever seen.

  • @NitroSpeed80
    @NitroSpeed80 9 місяців тому +4

    1:16 that piece of yellow light said "I'm free" and the orange death said "where do you think you're going"? And the yellow light said "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

  • @4DF2007Official
    @4DF2007Official Рік тому +4

    At last someone that likes this kind of stuff like me

  • @mernok2001
    @mernok2001 6 місяців тому +3

    If the glass is not cracked you can still operate it with a Tesla coil, plasma globe, HV ferrite transformer, neon sign transformer and oil burner igniton transformer.

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  5 місяців тому +1

      I have a plasma globe, but none of those others.
      (would love to have a neon transformer)
      in the case of this lamp, the internal glass cracked & it lost vacuum

  • @blue.98
    @blue.98 5 днів тому

    Danm i've never seen this befor

  • @Placeholder71
    @Placeholder71 8 місяців тому +1

    Never even seen anything like this in person

  • @Logan-pr5pv
    @Logan-pr5pv Рік тому +2

    I never new A fluorescent tube could do that at eol

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому +2

      Yeah. I wasn't expecting that out of it! Think its pretty rare for one to go out like that. .lol.

    • @Logan-pr5pv
      @Logan-pr5pv Рік тому

      I agree ,the last craziest eol I had with my fluorescent bulb was when the vacuum loss turn half of the bulb clear, your eol was the best eol I have ever seen, keep up with the good work 👏

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому +2

      @@Logan-pr5pv Clearing out half the phosphor .. wow that's a good one! I've never had more than a little at the end.
      I finished off another F20 recently, but it was nothing real special (other than there was a little 'light show' going on inside the bad end that was kinda cool). May put up the vid at some point later.

    • @Logan-pr5pv
      @Logan-pr5pv Рік тому

      @XmasLightsGuy that,s good, thx for the heads up, btw the bulb eol I had with the half the phosphor blown was 2ft t8 but I am not sure about the brand the printing was faded. The bulb was almost nine years old, the fixture now a has a led bulb in it. I like watching your coll eol video btw. :)

  • @ingussilins6330
    @ingussilins6330 10 місяців тому

    Best fire effect light bulb! :)

  • @WeNeedSomeMusic
    @WeNeedSomeMusic Рік тому +4

    The light cut out when the whole tube starts to turn orange

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому

      Yep thats the point when the tube lost vacuum.. Would have been interesting ti see what happened if it had held on longer. .lol.

    • @WeNeedSomeMusic
      @WeNeedSomeMusic Рік тому

      @@XmasLightsGuy how did you made it loose vacuum

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому +2

      @@WeNeedSomeMusic
      Its just something that happens with these electronic ballasts.
      When there's that orange glow right in the end, its getting really hot - to the point where it'll melt the metal filament supports and/or internal glass around them.

    • @WeNeedSomeMusic
      @WeNeedSomeMusic Рік тому

      @@XmasLightsGuy the magnetic ballast has the same but only the sides turns orange then like 10 seconds it started blinking non stop

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  Рік тому

      @@WeNeedSomeMusic
      Yeah, I've seen orange end-glow happen for a brief period on magnetic a few times, and then just start flickering (in that case, rapid-start magnetic .. havent seen any on preheat/switch-start, they usually just start blinking)

  • @deandretan55
    @deandretan55 8 місяців тому +1

    this happened at my school today....I was the only one that noticed it until it fell down(like from 6 feet above).Thats when it died.

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  8 місяців тому

      wow. But, yeah in rare cases the socket can melt, or the tube can crack at the bad end.. then it'll fall.(I've had them crack before, but not enough to fall out of the light.)

  • @mattym6749
    @mattym6749 8 місяців тому

    Looked apocalyptic in that tube

  • @siyuyangzhang6995
    @siyuyangzhang6995 10 місяців тому

    Another tube also seems to be nearly death or burnout as very blackening at the ending.

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  9 місяців тому

      Yep, that one is well used & nearing the end of its lifespan.

  • @gideonbeamandloudinll2292
    @gideonbeamandloudinll2292 3 місяці тому

    Whoa

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  3 місяці тому

      Yep!
      Basically my reaction when I saw it do that.

  • @alphaomega8373
    @alphaomega8373 5 місяців тому

    Watcha growing under them there lights.

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  5 місяців тому

      Houseplants & aquarium plants .lol. these are way too dim for any of those 'special' plants 🪴

  • @roA107ck
    @roA107ck 9 місяців тому

    a damn shame theres no audio, that was why i came here :(

    • @XmasLightsGuy
      @XmasLightsGuy  8 місяців тому +2

      There really wouldn't have been much to hear... it made some little 'tink' sounds, but thats it. probably what you would have mostly heard was the pumps in the fishtank on the other side of the room since that was closer to the camera.

    • @roA107ck
      @roA107ck 8 місяців тому

      @@XmasLightsGuy I am see, very cool