Well, that certainly was dramatic!

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A bulb downstairs popped and made the whole room smell like Something Badly Wrong With The Wiring. Turns out this is completely normal for CFLs, nothing to worry about. I wish they'd put that information on the packaging, though!

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This was when we stopped using CFLs.

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We had one in a reading lamp. It burned out and made a toxic chemical stink that permeated the place for hours. Never again. Halogens forever.