Circuitry, Anatomy, and Repair Tips for Common CFL Lamps
I donโt know about you, but Iโm so used to the paradigm established by old-style incandescent bulbs that when one of my CFLโs โblows out,โ it doesnโt even occur to me that I might be able to repair it in the garage. Or at least, it didnโt until I saw this page from Pavel Ruzicka, which does a good job of explaining the general principles of operation of CFL lamps and gives great details about their most common failure modes. Apparently, replacing a single capacitor will often do the trick. [via Hack a Day]
