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Electrical--electronic: the good (metal) the bad (plastic) and the ugly (unauthorized jury rigs).
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Why do we continue to come aboard and find plastic starters installed in fluorescent lights after all of us have previously reported they were removed? There are two possibilities:
1. Personnel did not complete the inspection and replacement properly. Personnel may have misunderstood the requirements, were not properly supervised or tracking was not used to ensure all lights were inspected and plastic starters replaced. None the less, all the plastic starters were not identified and replaced in our initial attempt.
Or
2. Personnel have plastic starters in their bench spares and are installing them after the fact. We know that the supply world has purged all plastic starters from the Supply system. The threat of electrical shock is real! Sailors have experienced crumbling plastic starter casings when normal pressure was applied in an attempt to remove them. The potential for electrical shock is likely to occur in these cases due to exposed electrical components. COMSUBFOR and COMSUBPAC issued message dtg 101224Z SEP 2007 ...
- PANASONIC FLUORESCENT LIGHTS RELEASED IN CHINA
- News wire article from: AsiaInfo Services October 21, 1996 700+ words
...AsiaInfo Services 10-21-1996 Panasonic Fluorescent Lights Released in China BEIJING, October 21...management expertise to produce Panasonic fluorescent lights. The fluorescent lights of this company have four types. They...
- United States : Bill deals with disposal of fluorescent lights.
- News wire article from: TendersInfo July 14, 2009 700+ words
...to throw energy-saving compact fluorescent lights in the trash because they contain...current Energy Star rated lights. Fluorescent lights use 75 percent less energy than traditional...are thrown away and broken. Most fluorescent lights contain between 1 and 6 milligrams...
- BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Fluorescent lights gain warmth, lose ugliness...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel EDWARD R. LIPINSKI September 1, 1996 700+ words
...the quality of light produced by fluorescent lights was too cold. In addition, the...fixtures, they developed compact fluorescent lights that are close to the size of an...ambient temperature is too low. Fluorescent lights only work properly when the temperature...
- JUST 55% OF CHINA'S FLUORESCENT LIGHTS MEET QUALITY STANDARDS.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News June 9, 2004 700+ words
...June 9 Asia Pulse - Only 55.2 per cent of fluorescent lights made in China meet the national quality requirement...investigation showed only 16 out of 29 brands of fluorescent lights made in Beijing, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu...
- FLUORESCENT LIGHTS COMING TO AIRPORT.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 3, 2009 700+ words
...he said, it's not clear who the supplier might be. Each of the alternatives studied, including compact fluorescent lights, reduced power consumption by double-digit percentages. The lamps chosen produce light that more closely resembles...
- Fluorescent lights.(PRODUCT NEWS)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Industrial Distribution March 1, 2005 700+ words
The waterproof RL70 tubular fluorescent lights series delivers 4,000 to 10,000 lumens of light output to work surfaces and a 4,100 color temperature; and feature energy...
- Compact fluorescent lights: not always the best solution.
- Magazine article from: EDN October 30, 2008 700+ words
...Margery Conner, Technical Editor After mentioning in a PowerSource blog post my difficulties with CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) and their tendency to burn out after less than a year of use, I was surprised by the number of comments I...
- A bright investment. (fluorescent lights more energy- and cost-efficient than...
- Magazine article from: Science News July 24, 1993 700+ words
Worldwide sales of compact fluorescent lights increased 23 percent last year -- to 134 million bulbs. Their substitution for standard, incandescent lights should annually...
