Forget the why. How the hell did you get the picture into the message.
Has anyone come across this?
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> A spiral flourescent bulb is mounted with the spirals down (base up) in an
> enclosed light fixture (the type designed for 60 watt bulbs with a
> translucent 8" globe).
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> After likely 2 years of use - it suddenly gives off a Chlorine like smell,
> appears to melt on one side of the ballast, emits black soot and burns out.
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> I have attached a 28 kb jpg photo of it & am wondering if this is an
> abnormal condition.
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