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Joined: Jul 2002
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Since when don't they use Mercury in Fluorescent tubes?? They reduced it but its still there
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Waste Management here will not pick up my customers trash if fluro bulbs are in there.
We have to collect the bad ones, but haven't found where to get rid of them yet.
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Dnk,
Just how many lamps are you guys dealing with.
Google for fluorescent tube recycling and you will find lots of companies who deal with small numbers of lamps, but they all cost...almost more than the new lamps.
But they seem to have bulk containers that are more economical. I've never needed to use bulk services.
-Jon
[This message has been edited by winnie (edited 11-03-2006).]
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about a hundred or so.
Thanks jon, didn't think of that.
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Its illegal to throw them in the trash in Maine. They are known as Universal waste. It costs me 11 cent a foot to get rid of them, 75 cents for metal halide, HP sodium etc
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walrus,
New tri-phosphor (sp??) tubes do not require mercury to enable the arc to light the phosphor layer.
Newer T8 and T5 tubes do not use mercury.
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As far as Philips is concerned their T8s are low mercury not mercury free http://www.prismaecat.lighting.philips.com/LightSite/Whirlwind.aspx?eca=LNPPLA&cpf=USNPUS&stg=ACT&lan=US+&ecu=LMP|PLC|NP&cnt_key=F_T8PSL%20+|PLC&t=1&tree=0&scr_md=1111&nav=Null&loc =us_en&leftnav=1_1
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Scott
I can see where you are comming from with the PD. I would have thought that by holding the tube before conecting a supply both you and the tube are part of an unbroken circuit therefore no PD would exist. ahhh just thought that would be true untill you let go
der Großvater
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