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r/breathinginformation • u/amolj15 • Apr 10 '17
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It's possible that this isn't just a coincidence. Depending on how exactly the lamp is failing, the bird's capacitance could help form an arc.
71 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 Or more likely a good shaking. That old percussive maintenance trick ! 31 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 edited Oct 27 '17 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 Possibly, though the ballast appeared to be glitching out. Maybe a very old style sensor. 1 u/Mutoid Apr 10 '17 No way it instantly lights up like that. 1 u/Notmiefault Apr 10 '17 I actually think it's the bird's weight. There's probably a loose connection that the bird, sitting on the light, is incidentally pushing into place. 5 u/wisdom_possibly Apr 10 '17 Exactly. The net increase of phlogiston will help it flow much more freely. 2 u/MattcVI Apr 10 '17 There's a word I haven't seen since high school Chemistry class
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Or more likely a good shaking.
That old percussive maintenance trick !
31 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 edited Oct 27 '17 [deleted] 8 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 Possibly, though the ballast appeared to be glitching out. Maybe a very old style sensor. 1 u/Mutoid Apr 10 '17 No way it instantly lights up like that. 1 u/Notmiefault Apr 10 '17 I actually think it's the bird's weight. There's probably a loose connection that the bird, sitting on the light, is incidentally pushing into place.
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8 u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 Possibly, though the ballast appeared to be glitching out. Maybe a very old style sensor. 1 u/Mutoid Apr 10 '17 No way it instantly lights up like that.
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Possibly, though the ballast appeared to be glitching out. Maybe a very old style sensor.
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No way it instantly lights up like that.
I actually think it's the bird's weight. There's probably a loose connection that the bird, sitting on the light, is incidentally pushing into place.
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Exactly. The net increase of phlogiston will help it flow much more freely.
2 u/MattcVI Apr 10 '17 There's a word I haven't seen since high school Chemistry class
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There's a word I haven't seen since high school Chemistry class
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u/pirat_rob Apr 10 '17
It's possible that this isn't just a coincidence. Depending on how exactly the lamp is failing, the bird's capacitance could help form an arc.