this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Celebrating/talking about repairing stuff, the right to repair stuff, and the intersection of tech and solarpunk ideals.
What does it mean to use what we have, including technology, to try to build a better, more environmentally just world?
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What you have there is a goofy-ass fluorescent bulb. The tube itself is probably junk, looks like the cathode has sputtered away quite a bit, but please dispose of it properly because it contains mercury. That being said, there probably a step up transformer in there, some current regulating circuitry, and maybe a couple other goodies in there.