Light Bulb Moment
I noticed an oily splatter on the corner of my desk last night. As I bent down for inspection, a wet drop of something landed on my arm from above. I looked up and saw a clear drop of liquid just about to fall on me again. Out of a recessed light fixture.
In the 80s I saw the movie Poltergeist. It was dark out. Dripping light fixtures ain’t cool.
I turned off the overhead lights in my office (there are four of them) and grabbed a stool and flashlight to inspect. With gloves.
With the cover pulled down, there was liquid pooling around the inside of the fixture. The liquid was dripping from the light bulb.
Frantically Googling “liquid dripping from light bulb”, I read that the company Switch had an early LED (circa 2007-2012) that used oil to cool the bulb*. Sometimes they leak.
And sometimes I need to change light bulbs. I love LED bulbs because they seem to last forever. Without the coolant, could this have become a fire hazard? I am grateful it did not.
Out of four bulbs in my office, one was dry, the drippy one was a little over half-full, and the other two slosh a little.
Refreshing technology is a must. We all have systems and hardware and procedures that work just fine. As far as we can tell. Don’t delay that asset review or diagnostic run or OS upgrade. If your phone has an old operating system running on it, you are exposed unnecessarily to nefarious exploitation. Get in front of issues that can drastically affect your ability to perform.
How many light bulbs are dripping in your house?
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The liquid is nontoxic. In fact, it's also used as a foaming agent in beer.
Cheers!
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