My dumb question for the month....

[Bowhuntamistad]

We're all entitled to a dumb ? every once in a while, right? Wife wants answers and I'm coming up short online.

Situation: long story short, a CFL lightbulb fell into our empty top loading washing machine and shattered. I quickly picked up all the big pieces and vacuumed the rest up to get as much as possible out of the holes and from under the rotator. I have run three empty cycles and just washed some floor mats. It has also been a few days.

At what point would you consider it safe for clothes, more importantly, childrens clothes? Anything else short of getting a new washer (her secret wish) I should do? I know its a relatively small dose and can be harmless but wife wants concrete evidence any which way.

I also aired the house out and took the vacuum outside for thorough cleaning/airing out.


No indicators of mercury poisoning so far

[Dale Moser]

Wash on, it’ll be fine.


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[txhunter007]

I'm not a professional washing machine repairman, but you should be good.

[Traildust]

Check out the Samsung Top Loaders.......

[tvc184]

Check out the Samsung Top Loaders.......

And the winner is...........

[BonesandArrow]

If the light bulbs were that much to worry about, they wouldn’t be made. Wash on. Also, wash your clothes first to be the guinea pig, just to prove it is safe.

[Buckwheat]

If the light bulbs were that much to worry about, they wouldn’t be made. Wash on. Also, wash your clothes first to be the guinea pig, just to prove it is safe.

This^^^^


“There's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.” -Fred Bear-

[Razorback01]

I would say wash-on, my wife would have me move it out immediately.

[duckmanep]

Check out the Samsung Top Loaders.......

actually, he needs a front load so it never happens again!

[JerryC]

Why did you tell her about it in the first place ?

[breadman]

wash your mother-inlaws cloths first.

[Hoggslayer]

wash your mother-inlaws cloths first.

Perfect solution.

I played with mercury all the time when I was a kid and I'm still kicking.

[100%TtId]

Run a few empty cycles in the washer and it should be good to go but I would dispose of the entire vacuum. That's gonna spew mercury-laden dust in the air every time you run it.

[ArcheryAddict]

tell here not to worry about the washer. it will come out in the dryer or when she "pops" the clothes after the dry to put on a hanger......

then duck.

[rtp]

If only others would limit their dumb questions to every once in awhile instead of almost daily. Wash on, no problem with contamination. This advice is worth what you paid for it. [emoji23]


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