Spooky workshop light

[Tinbasher]

This is an odd one.

I went into my shop tonight and didn't turn on the flouro lights.

As my eyes got used to the dark I noticed that the tube was glowing and flickering very dimly. It wasn't switched on and hadn't been on for about 24hrs.

Energy in the capcitor? or faulty wiring?

Tin

 

[Jonzjob]

Just flourescing I would think. They do that for a hell of a long time. If you get a tube out of the box, not connected, in a dark room and giive it a bit of a rub with your hand you will see it flouresce, just a little..

 

[LocalOak]

Fluorescent tubes can also be lit by external electromagnetic fields. Your workshop has got lots of stuff that could produce some stray fields that could, (and I emphasise the could) cause the ghostly glow. You could spend a fun half hour unplugging things if you want to see what's causing it.

I remember seeing a neat trick where a fluorescent tube is lit by passing it through a home wound electromagnetic coil, very cool.

 

[Paul Chapman]

the tube was glowing and flickering very dimly. It wasn't switched on

Not unusual. In the days of film-based photography, it was recommended that fluorescent lights were not used in dark rooms because they would glow even when switched off and would fog films and papers.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Eric The Viking]

There used to be one leaning in a corner of a room in Droitwich transmitter building, which has a steel frame. It was allegedly put there as a warning to anyone wanting to father children not to stand in that particular corner... :shock:

You can also make fluorescent tubes glow by rubbing them with a yellow duster too -- you don't need a 1/2 megawatt transmitter to do it . 8)

 

[studders]

Just flourescing I would think.

Nah, Witchcraft I reckon.

Burn Him...








:lol:

 

[Jonzjob]

You ain't still having bonfires there are you???

I remember that some bloke who lived close to a TV transmitter getting done for lighting his house by having tubes in his house and to turn them on he just turned the tubes through 90º or something?

 

[studders]

You ain't still having bonfires there are you???

What with emissions and all that these days we prefer to drown 'em. Not so much fun but hey... we all gotta do our bit for the planet.

 

[AndyT]

Tubes will glow if put near power lines:

- from http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/emf_richard_box.php