The premature burn out of the bulbs happens in more than one room. I thought it might be the brand of bulbs so i tried 2 or 3 other typed but no help. I even tried the light bulbs that are suppose to last for years and they burnt out within 2 months.
2006-11-14 11:38:39 · 13 answers · asked by ? 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
In North America, normal houses are fed with 240 volt AC wiring in the form of two hot legs of 120 volt each, a neutral, and a ground. Each hot leg, relative to neutral, delivers 120 volts to the normal 15 or 20 amp branch circuits, and 240 volt appliances like the stove, dryer, and air conditioner are run off both hot legs, together. But some big appliances use 120 volt, and if several of these, like a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a large screen plasma TV, a couple of computers, etc. wind up being connected to the same 120 volt leg, on different 15 amp branch circuits, one side of your house feed is going to be heavily loaded, while the other side is not. The heavily loaded side will sag voltage below 120 volts, while the unloaded side, coupled through the outside transformer winding feeding your house, has no choice but to go high, to try to maintain the 240 volt nominal. The result is that you can have branch circuits which will be up around 130 to 140 volt, much of the time. And that will blow bulbs.
2006-11-14 11:42:28 · answer #1 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would advise you to contact an electrician have him or her check the voltage come into the home or apartment. It sounds as though you have a high voltage output coming into your home. This is the first sign of high voltage when the light bulb burn out quickly. Check it out an see if this is your problem. Also a help-full hint after your power is checked start using Florence bulbs.
2006-11-15 10:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by flying bug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read all the advice given so far. they are ok. mine is simpler -- buy a few bulbs -- but make sure they are different waltage i.e.25,30, 40, 60, 100, start putting them on --one by one -- starting from the lowest i.e. 25 or 30 and then note down on paper -- how long that bulb lasts. make sure they are all the same make. that is a nice, healthy, light play for you to become a real handyman. you do not need good luck, it works.note: don't keep the tabp --you will not be able to return --even with guarantee.
2006-11-14 12:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watt sensitIve each socket that u put a bulb n requires a certain watt bulb for instance in your kitchen it might be able to only hold a 75 watt bulb so you can only put n a 75 watt bulb u have to keep trying trail and error to see which watts for which sockets until u come up with the right connections, ive heard of this b 4.
2006-11-14 11:43:36 · answer #4 · answered by mf mf mf mf mf fmf mf mfmfmfmfmf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The_answer_person" replied with the best answer i see so far that makes sense, of course it was quoted from another person/source but still makes sense to me. I recall that your breaker box needs to be balanced as to have the incoming voltage distributed as evenly as possible on both poles/legs in your breaker box. You may have to call a qualified electrician to "balance" your electric at your breaker box. I had similar problem with a room or 2 and I got those "5 year bulbs" from Wal-mart and they seem to be working well for several months now!
2006-11-14 14:28:40 · answer #5 · answered by jazcomania 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have had the same problem and found that the insulation in my attic was over the light fixture causing it to get overheated and blow the bulbs faster, i moved the insulation over my bulbs and it fixed the problem.
2006-11-14 15:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by right answer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faulty electrical work done on your house, or the light bulbs you purchase don't have enough wattage to properly handle the amount coming through...
2006-11-14 11:46:18 · answer #7 · answered by dctalkilove2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you've gotten abnormal modern-day or potential surges. also the existence of a mild bulb isn't inevitably measured by the lenght of time it remains lit. that is measured by the quantity of cases it must be illuminated. examine your wiring and your circuit field. electric powered complications are literally to not be taken gently.
2016-11-29 03:43:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are losing the ground leg from the breaker box to the transformer....and/or you have no ground rod
id almost bet the lights get brighter in some rooms when the fridge kicks on
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2006-11-15 15:22:34 · answer #9 · answered by hillbilly named Possum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
r u leaving it on a bit 2 much?? maybe??
2006-11-14 11:40:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋