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Smoke alarms Maintaining your smoke alarm is important as they help keep your family safe in a fire. You should clean smoke alarms regularly and report any damage to your smoke alarms. You can buy spare light bulbs and fluorescent tubes at your local shop. There are many different types of light bulbs, so make sure you know what type you need. Such fixtures for example, a can light in the ceiling that has a cover over the bulb create temperatures that are too high, leading to early failure.
Another cause for failure could be improperly screwing the bulb into the socket. Don't hold the bulb by the glass, as you would with an incandescent light. That can cause the vacuum seal or tubing to break, exposing components to oxygen and making them more liable to become defective or overheat. Instead, hold a CFL bulb by its plastic base. If a fluorescent light begins to smoke or smolder, immediately shut off the power to the light. Once it has cooled, remove it from the light socket.
Then e-mail cfl energystar. Include the manufacturer's name and model number on the CFL base and how and where the bulb was used. Also, be sure to contact the manufacturer and ask for replacement or refund. It's always a good idea to keep the receipts for these purchases. Or just buy Energy Star-qualified bulbs. They incorporate end-of-life requirements and higher safety standards. Past columns are available at www. Sorry, Fixit cannot supply individual replies. Fixit appears every day except Friday.
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The Bunbury mum of an ex-ice addict has lambasted Kmart Australia for selling a drink jar product which looks strikingly similar to methamphetamine drug paraphernalia. The store advertised the "unique light bulb drink jars" as a "great addition to your tableware [that] can be used to serve drinks, beverages and more". A household survey shows Australians are far more aware now of the dangers meth posed than they were three years ago.
Created in the shape of a light bulb and accessorised with a straw, the product carries a strong resemblance to the homemade "crack pipe light bulbs" from which users without access to meth pipes sometimes consume their drugs. Lina Pugh, who started the Facebook page "Ice in Bunbury: a mother's nightmare" and leads a support group for families of those struggling with drug addiction, said she was "appalled" by the product.
Mrs Pugh said her son used to smoke methamphetamine using a light bulb and she found Kmart's product a "striking similarity".
Perplexed Facebook users have been posting their reactions to the jar.
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