Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Here are a few points to be concentrated to ensure your safety when it comes to handling, installing, using and disposing of lamps.
You need to handle lamps with care and store them properly to minimize the probability of glass breakage. Some lamps do contain harmful substances and need to be handled accordingly, if in case there is a lamp breakage. Incandescent lamps have little or even no risk and it could be dealt as regular waste. Fluorescent tubes and other discharge lamps have potentially harmful chemicals, which should be handled with care and disposed with your local waste authority rules and health and safety policies.
Lamps needs to be easy to install and remove from their fittings area and should never be forced as it could normally result in breakage of the glass. You should understand the process of lamps properly, if they are push fit, twist lock or screw-in fittings. This would prevent twisting a push-fit lamp or vice versa!
Lamps are often hot in operation and always should be installed in such a way as to minimize the possibility of personal injury and the danger of fire. Many lamps also emit more energy than light and should never be placed close to combustible materials or furnishings. Please check the packaging of the lamp before you install it and make sure you stick to any manufacturer's instruction on safety distances etc. Many lamps have gases at also greater than or less than atmospheric pressure that may explode if the glass is broken. So lamps should not be disposed by breaking them unless suitable defensive equipment is used and environmentally sound disposal methods are followed.
Most lamps are planned for use indoors or in closed luminaries (i.e. protected from the elements). Please make sure that you use a fitting lamp for outdoor applications, particularly in open fittings or luminaries. Larger wattage bulbs are prone to furious if splashed with rain while hot.
You need to handle lamps with care and store them properly to minimize the probability of glass breakage. Some lamps do contain harmful substances and need to be handled accordingly, if in case there is a lamp breakage. Incandescent lamps have little or even no risk and it could be dealt as regular waste. Fluorescent tubes and other discharge lamps have potentially harmful chemicals, which should be handled with care and disposed with your local waste authority rules and health and safety policies.
Lamps needs to be easy to install and remove from their fittings area and should never be forced as it could normally result in breakage of the glass. You should understand the process of lamps properly, if they are push fit, twist lock or screw-in fittings. This would prevent twisting a push-fit lamp or vice versa!
Lamps are often hot in operation and always should be installed in such a way as to minimize the possibility of personal injury and the danger of fire. Many lamps also emit more energy than light and should never be placed close to combustible materials or furnishings. Please check the packaging of the lamp before you install it and make sure you stick to any manufacturer's instruction on safety distances etc. Many lamps have gases at also greater than or less than atmospheric pressure that may explode if the glass is broken. So lamps should not be disposed by breaking them unless suitable defensive equipment is used and environmentally sound disposal methods are followed.
Most lamps are planned for use indoors or in closed luminaries (i.e. protected from the elements). Please make sure that you use a fitting lamp for outdoor applications, particularly in open fittings or luminaries. Larger wattage bulbs are prone to furious if splashed with rain while hot.
