When an incandescent light bulb fails, my understanding is that the filament has finally, and literally, burned out and ceases to complete the circuit. What fails in a fluorescent bulb when they “burn out”?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp#Mechanisms_of_lamp_failure_at_end_of_life
I’m not sure which failure mode is most common.
N/M…scooped.
Cool, thanks!