One of my compact fluorescent lights stopped working recently. Instead of throwing it away I decided to crack it open and see what was inside.
<warning> Electricity can hurt you. If you don't know what you are doing, get someone who does to help. </warning>
The main circuit board. Everything was pretty tightly packed in. At first glance nothing is obviously bad. The plastic on the enclosure was a little browned, so I'm guessing something overheated. One part of the large yellow inductor was cracked when I removed it, so that is a possibility.
Now all I need to do is check the parts that might be bad and put them away in my parts drawer.
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