the death of a fluorescent lamp

T12 end of life running on an electronic ballast.

[@DrFreeeman]

Fluorescent tubes are by far my favorite light source. Way more interesting than LEDs. Part of the reason why is because they fail in such interesting ways. Nothing beats a room full of these bad boys starting on preheat.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Thats exactly how I think! That's why this fixture is never leaving my bedroom! Thanks!

[@Tyco072]

@@THEBULBHOME Have you a such horrible fixture in your bedroom? I thought it was a cellar or laundry room:)

[@bigkitty1779]

I also love fluorescent tubes They swirl They have stripes And if you look at it from an angle then it doesn’t look lit up LED tubes just light up and it looks boring. Fluorescent bulbs are fun and interesting

[@generalstuffTR]

the ballast sound is my favourite

[@stephensnell1379]

@@bigkitty1779 yes but L.E.D. LIGHTS LAST FOR OVER 100,000 HOURS AND REQUIRE VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF VOLTAGE TO RUN

[@johnny-cc4in]

When I was in elementary school I think I was the only one who noticed when a flouresant bulb was burning out. They'd flicker and swirl too. So fascinated by them.

[@THEBULBHOME]

jonathan nelson Yes! Fluorescent tubes are one of the most fascinating things ever! I will never give up to LED, besides the light being horrible!

[@johnny-cc4in]

THE BULB HOME yes I agree. I always noticed them from a real young age. It's too bad they may be gone soon. LEDS aren't so neat. Watching a room full of old flouresant fixtures turn on is amazing. Some flicker, some different hues etc.

[@THEBULBHOME]

LEDs are crap! That's why I'm never replacing this fixture ever!

[@ducac-0457]

@@THEBULBHOME Same as me. 2019 and still uses flourescent tubes around. Waiting for one of them to fail to see it s end of life shows. I noticed an eol flourescent tube when i was 5 yr old in my kitchen and i remember i told mum ''the light is chnging colours at the edge! Then it turned from normal to a disco light. Besides, i never actually throw away a dead tube as we know they are doing everything possible to make us use shitty LEDS! I always keep the tube and it s eol videos Maybe one day i create a yt channel for eol tubes too.

[@Tyco072]

​@@THEBULBHOME I like fluorescent tubes too, since ever. But I have to admit that the recent (2019) top brand LED lights (not China crap) give a very good light, at least for the 3000K and 4000K versions I have seen. They are better than the fluorescent bulbs. The disadvantage is that they blind more and they produce much more blue light, which seems to be proven to produce irreversible damages to the eye's retina (a French research). At least for the color temperature from 3000K and above. In my living room I have 2x36W 3000K Edison fluorescent tubelights, placed as indirect light, and they last since 10 years! They are even better than the Philips 3000K and they are powered by an electronic ballast with preheating. Too bad that the Edison has abandoned the production.

[@japanese1101]

Very good ballast in there. It keeps on going till the very end

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yup! Superb quality one! Even being electronic, It keeps on running after 9 years of almost 12-hour daily usage!

[@cisarvialpando7412]

@@THEBULBHOME if it was led it would die very soon

[@Sparky-ww5re]

Love the F48T12 slimline tube. I have never seen one in person but i have them in my 2016 GE lamp and ballast catalog alongside other rare slimlines like F24T12, F36T12, F42T12, F60T12, F64T12, & F84T12. Then of course the common F72T12 & F96T12.

[@thelightingenthusiast]

Epic video! EOL seems to be more violent on electronic ballasts as opposed to preheat ballasts. I still love the EOL phase of preheat fluorescent lights.

[@sounakdas9565]

I am really missing those days of Flourocent tube and cfl. 😞😞

[@THEBULBHOME]

I am as well!!!!!! :_(((

[@thelampcollections8190]

I missed hps street lights too

[@Realmonkevrofficial]

​@@thelampcollections8190 they were actually brighter than the crap led

[@DavidChrisCastillo-im1wg]

I like those lights especially for my home or possible future home.

[@pillow7306]

you know its lost its vacuum when it sucks in the phosphors further into the tube lol

[@ChristhegeekHD]

hope those t12s last long, ive always found fluorescents more interesting than leds

[@lazymations1778]

On preheat would give nice disco

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yes it would have!

[@mrm3gaman446]

Yass the memories when i was a child just danced to it

[@Mr26lumix]

It is a pity that in Polish we did not have such Osram T12 fluorescent lamps as daylight, they were only in a cool white

[@THEBULBHOME]

Well, I prefer Cool White, as you can see at the end of the video. That same fixture is now running two 39W Cool White tubes! :)

[@Tyco072]

​@@THEBULBHOME I have fluorescent tubes or lamps everywhere in my home too, but for the living room, bedroom and bathroom I use the warm white 3000°K tone, (standard color code 83) It is the most comfortable and brilliant color temperature for the indoors. Try it, if you found one. Not the 2700K (code 82, 827) of the common Warm White compact lamps. It is too much yellow/orange shifted. I like the "cool white" 4000K (code 84, 840) on the kitchen counter and on my working desk, but as a general room lighting it is not comfortable in a home. I don°t like the cool white 6000K (or anyway above 4000K) at all, in any room. It is too much blue shifted. The 3300K (code 833) may be even better than the 3000K, but could not found it until now.

[@venomthrottler5794]

​@@THEBULBHOMEwhat happened buy fluorescent tube Philips lifemax tld 36w/765 buy new fluorescent light fixture in Malaysia

[@TediChannel23Ja]

You can create a high voltage low current mercury vapor arc rectifier with this burned tube the burn side use it like an anode and the filament good side use it as cathode

[@Philiscool]

At 2:05 what fan were you running?

[@siyuyangzhang6995]

Yes, in the case the fluorescent tube shows blackening with turned red and flickering, that means it is nearly dead or burnout.

[@danielelise7348]

The amount of mercury inside the tube is so small,you were never at any risk.

[@hamzamasood25386]

Don't know why but I feel like preheat lamps are more brighter than non-preheat lamps

[@THEBULBHOME]

Actually they are not: magnetic ballast like the ones used on preheat run the tubes at a 60 Hz (50 Hz in Europe) frequency rate, meaning that the bulb actually turns on and off 60 times per second (you can see this taking a slo-mo video on a room illuminated by a old preheat fixture), so this diminishes the overall light output. On the other hand, electronic ballasts just like the one seeing on the video (which it's an instant start, but that is only the starting method) run bulbs at higher frequencies (more than 1,000+ Hz, depending on the model), so in return, maximizes light output as reduces the bulb turning off with each nominal pulse!

[@helenharp6758]

What year was it and just asking?

[@FSM_Reviews]

Wow. So............................unique.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yes! I love fluorescent burnout! PD: Nice B797 title there!

[@FSM_Reviews]

What fan were you using?

[@THEBULBHOME]

A MAN Birdman Ultravent, exactly like this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHutmGquq9yrbMk

[@Oddworld_levels_hacks_and_more]

I hope the Philips tubes still works!

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

Nice Video, I do Like It When T12's Lets Go, T8's Just Glow At Ends and 4/5ft T5 Just Switch Off?

[@THEBULBHOME]

Thank you! I haven't witnessed a EOL T5 death yet, but I assume it depends on the kind of ballast you are using!

[@davesbusstuffandmore]

@@THEBULBHOME Small 2ft T5's on 1 electronic ballast. Photo I took at work in office. 1 T5 EOL, 2nd T5 has issues 3rd seems ok www.flickr.com/photos/everybodiesdeaddave/32941630225/in/dateposted/

[@helmnobu]

It always seems that instant start electronic ballasts are the least merciful on eol fluorescent lamps.

[@THEBULBHOME]

They have no mercy at all!

[@lordweiter9382]

Hi what is this electronic ballast ?

[@soundman111]

Cool video! :)

[@THEBULBHOME]

Thanks! Check the latest one on the same lamp: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2q4iYOBiseIhNE

[@rayfluorescent7483]

I have a question for you do you fluorescent bulbs last very long let me know

[@sandiegotrafficlightstrain354]

Florescent tubes can last up to 8,000 hours. Same with flourescent bulbs.

[@Anthony_The_Chicken_Licker]

Nice 😁

[@THEBULBHOME]

Anthony Pinto Thanks!

[@vakieshacosta5319]

its like a party in thebulb

[@THEBULBHOME]

yup haha!!

[@Mickytdi]

Usually the filiment breaks and the post melts down

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Phillips ALTO are Low Mercury Bulbs. However they are horrible bulb because they could dim out later. You should buy G.E. or Sylvania bulbs. They work very good and long lasting.

[@THEBULBHOME]

Actually Philips made often have better CRI as the phosphor coating is thinker. The bulb you see on the video is made by OSRAM (Sylvania) and didn't last that long (6 years). Instead, the Philips ones are made in 2003! And have been burning in other location before I put them on my room! So no, they are not bad at all! The only thing could happen to low mercury lamps is mercury starvation, which is rare on F48T12 lamps! Mines are still going! And they has 17 years old!!!!! If you don't call that quality, then I don't know why is quality. But, btw, I got this bulbs for replacement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ_HkmWOmdCHntE

[@jacobtennyson9213]

I have tested out Phillips ALTO bulbs that still worse. they dim out faster before they burn out. They are rip-offs. G.E. and Sylvania bulbs are vary good lasting bulbs. They do not dim out before they burn out.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Westinghouse fluorescent bulbs ( Especially the High Outputs) back then when I tested them are excellent energy efficient. You can rapidly switch them on and off and it ever dim and pop out burn out faster.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Westinghouse High Output fluorescent bulbs can indicate in the final phase to dim burn out phases when both tungsten filaments gets dark blue in both ends. But those bulbs keep on lighting up until on of the filaments blew out. They are very long lasting bulbs up to 6 years or more.

[@Funkybulb]

It no better these days as last two or 3 years GE slinelines Been made on philip machinery And philips is still one of best lamps and better daylight tubes. If u want keep them from dimming out run them on full power ballast.

[@bryjefferson7605]

@The Bulb Home That’s scarier than volume 2 of your video!

[@VHSRecordingStudio]

Nice vid I have one thats going to burn out soon

[@THEBULBHOME]

Cool! The left one that you see at the end of the video is dying soon as well!

[@chaseedwardsedwards540]

I had plenty flourescent tubes do that already

[@TanJianWei]

Don't know why but running them in preheat seems to last longer..

[@THEBULBHOME]

Since they are single-pin, you cannot run them on preheat, but they will last longer on preheat for sure! Why? Because is less stress on the electrodes at time of turning power on. On Instant-Start fixtures, the ballast sends a high-powered high-voltage high-frequency spike in order to breake down the resistive mercury column that exist on a cold lamp. This scatters the electrodes more easily than preheat'em until they are ready to strike an arc. Hope I solve your question!

[@TanJianWei]

@@THEBULBHOME exactly. That's why my home bulbs were electronic start but is bi-pin and preheat on each ends (2 contacts) thus I converted all the fixtures to preheat and it lasts wayyyy longer. One of my daily use lamps are more then 10 years old!

[@lightingkid2010]

poor lamp! it tried to keep the room lit but couldnt stop its electrode from burning!

[@LegendaryRadioJock]

"Losted"? No such word... I've never seen a failed tube lose it's vacuum.

[@VHSRecordingStudio]

Go check it out on "camden nye channel" its called (EOL) Fluorescent bulb burning out (finally).

[@THEBULBHOME]

Thanks!

[@Amirl.b]

fluorescent mexico rip hello led new millon mexico

[@venomthrottler5794]

phosper vaccum cleared

[@kristophermaldonado7698]

bulb good

[@THEBULBHOME]

Ended up harsh!

[@thelampcollections8190]

Rip fluorescent lamp 2016-2019

[@THEBULBHOME]

It actually burned out in 2016, I just uploaded the video later! The tube started working life back in 2010 and burned out in 2016... Not bad for an Instant Start one, but it could have lasted more!

[@Sparky-ww5re]

@@THEBULBHOMEthe only real advantage of instant start lamps that I can see is saving 1 to 2 watts per tube unlike a rapid start ballast that keeps the filaments heated by the low volt winding, at least with the old school magnetic rapid start ballasts, I think the newer electronic rapid start ballast shuts off the cathode heating once the lamps have started. Having said that, instant start lamps are best used in a commercial setting where the lamps are expected to run continuously for several hours or longer between starts and that's why 72 and 96 inch is the most common slimline sizes, while the 24, 36, 48 and 60 inch slimlines are rare. At least here in the USA not sure about other countries.

[@crazywarp36]

@@THEBULBHOME 6 years is great! Most LED bulbs dont last 3.

[@THEBULBHOME]

@@crazywarp36 I couldn't agree more!

[@FLCollection620]

RIP Osram Bulb 2010-2016

[@THEBULBHOME]

6 years is a short lifetime for a fluorescent lamp if you ask me 😅

[@FLCollection620]

@@THEBULBHOME it is!

[@THEBULBHOME]

@@FLCollection620 Probably is because of the instant start of SlimLine fixtures... It was turned on and off a lot of times during a single day

[@thelightingenthusiast]

@@THEBULBHOME My grandma’s 2D fluorescent light in her bathroom would have its arc flash for a split second everytime we switched it on. It was also being ran on an electronic ballast, and the ends were blackened. Sadly, it was replaced with an LED bulkhead just before it reached EOL.

[@eduardoveytia244]

Aquí en Guadalajara Jalisco México Me decían que duraban 2 años sin importar la marca ni si hera T12 o T8

[@eduardoveytia244]

Yo prefiero los FLUORESCENTES y los incandescentes que las LED

[@bigkitty1779]

I was in 5th grade and it was raining and one of the tubes started to swirl on one end but it didn’t go out

[@THEBULBHOME]

They can burn like that for long sometimes!

[@bigkitty1779]

I didn’t know that

[@gagoosh66]

I would actually try to burn it out on purpose. :)

[@Gamingisfunwow1771]

After November 4 back 1 day was my birthday

[@stevenhoelderich9490]

Hey sport, that's dangerous, when a fluorescent lightbulb turns orange It could explode. So if you.see that again get Mom or Dad to fix it for you DIY it understand?!?

[@THEBULBHOME]

Clearly you don't know what you are talking about! First of all, the tube has a vacuum inside, so atmospheric pressure is greater outside, thus it wouldn't explode! It just could implode, and that's exactly what happens at the end! Second of all, as you can see, my channel is all about lightning, so I do now what I am doing!

[@venomthrottler5794]

What happend

[@astonmangilit3560]

Coating burnt so much

[@THEBULBHOME]

Yes! Tube end got so hot I was surprised it didn't melt the lamp base itself! :v

[@venomthrottler5794]

​@@THEBULBHOMESame problem Philips lifemax tld 36w is burned out phosphor cleared in my school

[@SlavicSci]

Its not making noises wtf

[@aryanmhcen6005]

Gcyd😭

[@LcNavin]

your starter

[@lordweiter9382]

why she lost gas should not ?

[@THEBULBHOME]

I think it was because got so hot that the glass lost the strength and fractured, losing the vacuum.

[@lordweiter9382]

THE BULB HOME This should not happen in a fluorescent lamp, there is no vacuum, only Argon and mercury vapor 😉

[@caleb1736]

And phosphor

[@lordweiter9382]

@@caleb1736 You're right I forgot the phosphor 🧐

[@caleb1736]

No worries lol 😄

[@gabrielchiu2650]

im gald thaht when they lose thier vacumn they dont implode because that would be very bad

[@THEBULBHOME]

Oh, but it implode indeed! I just wasn't there to film it!!

[@bigkitty1779]

It was also swirling

[@THEBULBHOME]

Cool!

[@jacobtennyson9213]

It's electricity and plasma cause be the failing filament.

[@cloviscareca]

Dude, check my last video on my channel. I have an amazing old fluorescent desklamp (starter and preheat included!). I bet you'll like

[@THEBULBHOME]

Thanks! I will watch it in a moment!

[@user-yr7bb7vr5t]

Uh

[@vakieshacosta5319]

mine is oringe color

[@THEBULBHOME]

cool

[@LcNavin]

is died 2021

[@THEBULBHOME]

Noup, this was recorded back in 2016!

[@venomthrottler5794]

Has problem

[@venomthrottler5794]

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[@venomthrottler5794]

@@THEBULBHOME 2016 my age 4 years old boy

[@venomthrottler5794]

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[@ollieollie7005]

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