Editing Compact fluorescent lamp (section)

===Failure===
In addition to the wear-out failure modes common to all fluorescent lamps, the electronic ballast may fail, since it has a number of component parts. Ballast failures are usually due to overheating and may be accompanied by discoloration or distortion of the ballast enclosure, odors, or smoke.<ref>[http://www.halifax.ca/fire/documents/CFL.pdf Compact Fluorescent Lights], Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520234142/http://www.halifax.ca/fire/documents/CFL.pdf |date=May 20, 2013}}</ref> The lamps are internally protected and are meant to fail safely at the end of their lives. Industry associations are working toward advising consumers of the different failure modes of CFLs compared to incandescent lamps, and to develop lamps with inoffensive failure modes.<ref>National Electrical Manufacturer's Association NEMA, ''[http://www.nema.org/stds/LSD40.cfm Failure Modes for Self-Ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps] (requires account) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322051655/http://www.nema.org/stds/LSD40.cfm |date=March 22, 2012 |url-status=dead}}'', white paper no. LSD 40, retrieved 2008-06-26.</ref> New North American technical standards aim to eliminate smoke or excess heat at the end of lamp life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csa.ca/cm/ca/en/news/article/new-household-light-standard-addresses-consumer-concerns |title=New household lamp standards, discusses co-ordinated U.S., Mexico and Canada standard UL 1993, retrieved 2009 Dec 3 |publisher=Csa.ca |access-date=2012-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315092721/http://www.csa.ca/cm/ca/en/news/article/new-household-light-standard-addresses-consumer-concerns |archive-date=2012-03-15}}</ref>