What caused this?? « on: May 02, 2024, 10:54:31 AM » Author: Mr Lamp
Randomly found this from another lamp related channel: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HTCZ-3ZMMSc Very awful to see. What caused all those lights to fall?
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	Re: What caused this?? « Reply #1 on: May 02, 2024, 01:28:59 PM » Author: LightsAreBright27
One of them was loose and fell. All of them had short wires, so they went down like dominos. Maybe someone threw something or shook one.
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	Re: What caused this?? « Reply #2 on: May 02, 2024, 05:07:16 PM » Author: AngryHorse
Note the crappy ‘spring’ clips that are holding the body of the lights up as they fall, these clips sometimes have to be re-bent in as they spread when putting the fixing screws in, this together with the fact that you should double check the clip is actually seated properly in their groove before you leave the job would eliminate this problem, and as above, one only has to come unclipped, and it’s weight will domino the others!
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	Re: What caused this?? « Reply #3 on: May 02, 2024, 06:48:20 PM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
Seems like so much mercury was released.
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