2006-11-16 03:14:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If the spotlights are ELV type (12 volts) this indicates a transformer problem and may need replacing.
If the spotlights are 220-240 volts and lamps keep blowing this could indicate overvoltage on your supply.
Overvoltage is the biggest killer of lamps/light bulbs i know.
Ask a local electrician to check this for you or get your supply authority/electricity provider to check the voltage to your home.
If the voltage is within the lamp voltage then you need an electrician to investigate further.
If by "Fusing" you mean that the lighting circuit keeps tripping the circuit breaker or blowing the fuse then you need the electrician sooner rather than later.
Hope this helps.
2006-11-16 18:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by robert22061954 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the light fittings are of the recessed type are they in a roof space, If so have a look to see if the loft insulation is restricting the air flow through the fittings, this will shorten the bulb life considerably and often a fuse will blow when a bulb blows.
Otherwise give more information
2006-11-16 18:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it blowing bulbs or tripping the switches?
Electrical problem, probably shorting out. Are the spots accessible through the boards upstairs.
Get an electrician as shorting electrics is a fire risk and depending on what the rest of the house is like, worth getting checked.
2006-11-16 11:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by dsclimb1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap spotlights or bad connection. Get both checked by an electrician.
2006-11-16 11:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by dadn33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you buying the right wattage bulbs? it took me about 7 bulbs to work that one out! try different wattage bulbs and see if it has different effects, as the fuse might not be able to handle that much watts...or so i was told by my electrician (i was too busy wondering if i was paying him by the hour or per visit to be interested in what he was yakking about!!!)
final verdict? i was using the wrong wattage bulbs!!!!
2006-11-16 11:24:21 · answer #5 · answered by punk_fairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be a split in the cables!! might be a mouse chewing on them. Might be putting in to weak bulbs??? Get an electrician in!
2006-11-16 11:17:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
many people replace light fittings with spot lights, that is fine but spot lights often come in 3s and 4s or more, if this is the case thruout the house then you may be overloading the system
2006-11-16 13:48:48 · answer #7 · answered by laughinggiraffe2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are low voltage lights, it's most likely a failed transformer. But it could be numerous other things, impossible to tell for sure without inspecting and testing.
2006-11-16 12:14:31 · answer #8 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please elaborate (English) is the bulb blowing? Or the breaker/fuse tripping? What’s the rating of the lights?
2006-11-16 17:48:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋