stargazer
26-09-2007, 05:36 PM
Something really strange happened to me.
Yesterday I've been shouting all of my frustrations out. It was a heavy thing that laid in me for 7 years. I even have psychosomatic problems because of this issue. It helps to shout it out to the walls. But that is not the interesting part. After I've stopped shouting my girlfriend pointed out that the 220V 21W fluorescent bulb (like this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/4/42/20041213005242!Fluorescent_Lamp.jpg) one) stopped working. I've flipped the switch, thinking it's on, to see if there is bad connection in the bulb housing. I've touched (not even moved it) the bulb and it lighted fully. I quickly removed my fingers of the glass part and it stopped emitting light. Then I was shaking it and trying to screw it on more firmly but nothing. It wouldn't light again. Then I gave up and went to turn off the light (figured it had to be on this whole time, otherwise the bulb wouldn't light). As I "turned off" the switch the bulb lighted. Then I realized that the switch was off the whole time during my "repair". That means that the electric circuit occurred with the light bulb connected only to ground, faze was disconnected. What have I done? Could it be possible it was just a residual current left in the wire from switch to bulb? Have I provided the electricity to light the bulb or have I drown the energy from the ground through the bulb? Do you have any ideas. Thanks for helping me.
Oh by the way, the light bulb still works. :)
Yesterday I've been shouting all of my frustrations out. It was a heavy thing that laid in me for 7 years. I even have psychosomatic problems because of this issue. It helps to shout it out to the walls. But that is not the interesting part. After I've stopped shouting my girlfriend pointed out that the 220V 21W fluorescent bulb (like this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/4/42/20041213005242!Fluorescent_Lamp.jpg) one) stopped working. I've flipped the switch, thinking it's on, to see if there is bad connection in the bulb housing. I've touched (not even moved it) the bulb and it lighted fully. I quickly removed my fingers of the glass part and it stopped emitting light. Then I was shaking it and trying to screw it on more firmly but nothing. It wouldn't light again. Then I gave up and went to turn off the light (figured it had to be on this whole time, otherwise the bulb wouldn't light). As I "turned off" the switch the bulb lighted. Then I realized that the switch was off the whole time during my "repair". That means that the electric circuit occurred with the light bulb connected only to ground, faze was disconnected. What have I done? Could it be possible it was just a residual current left in the wire from switch to bulb? Have I provided the electricity to light the bulb or have I drown the energy from the ground through the bulb? Do you have any ideas. Thanks for helping me.
Oh by the way, the light bulb still works. :)