Lost a Sylvania Fluorescent yesterday :(

[JCIV]

Put my C7 strands on the tree yesterday, and installed my fluorescents (14, just got 4 more). Got some pics of the tree, left the room, and heard BZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Found one of the coral bulbs had passed (the globe was siliconed to the base, obviously had a hard life!). What a stink! Took a couple hours before the smell was gone.

At least it wasn't my only blue bulb

[Yulelights76]

Sounds like the dropping resistor in the base burned up! Your bulb was probably repaired with a low wattage carbon resistor.
See patent #2,421,571 on this website, or mine for more information. You may be able to fix the bulb again if the glass globe wasn't damaged. You will need a wirewound resistor of about 1000 ohms according to information in the patent.
These bulbs are over 50 years old and it's amazing there are still ones to be found.

[geraldmusic]

An electrical thing about which I am curious is ...
Why do I hear that the Sylvania fluorescent bulbs are not to be used with a DIMMER??

Curiously,
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