On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:47:27 -0300
John Coppens <john@jcoppens.com> wrote:

> I still have the tube - I'll try to do an autopsy tomorrow :)

As promised, I cut open the tube and took a couple of pictures:

http://jcoppens.com/misc/img/fil1.jpg
http://jcoppens.com/misc/img/fil2.jpg

As suspected, one filament was completely gone. The mounting posts
alone are probably not enough to ignite the gas, even with HF ballasts.

John
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