CF globes, lightning damage?

[Robert Morein]

Considering replaceing household incandescents with CFL.
However, the possibility of lightning damage worries me.
Are the solid state ballasts in these lamps susceptible or resistant to
surge damage?

 

[Prostate Cancer Man]

Considering replaceing household incandescents with CFL.
However, the possibility of lightning damage worries me.
Are the solid state ballasts in these lamps susceptible or resistant to
surge damage?

You mean that with all of the alternative energy sources you have in
your garage, that you don't have a whole house surge protector?

 

[ptaylor]

Considering replaceing household incandescents with CFL.
However, the possibility of lightning damage worries me.
Are the solid state ballasts in these lamps susceptible or resistant to
surge damage?

I dunno,but we've had a few outages,brownouts,and whatnot lately,and all
of the CFL's around here seem to have survived,but so did everything
else,so I guess it wasn't all that bad afterall.
A whole house surge arrestor is a good investment,and the few i've seen
aren't even that expensive.(~$50) I'm sure there are better/more
expensive ones around.

Also,the CFL's didn't seem to care about the MSW inverter
either..But,then again,they do use a switching supply/ballast
inside.Heck they'll probably even run off of DC,aslong as the voltage is
in-range.(~170-ish Volts?)