Today i was just doing some homework on the computer and got up and went to turn the lamp on but all of a sudden one of the bulbs kind of popped and the plug has kind of blown up it was flashing yellow and everything went of in the house including the computer which had my 3day's worth of homework..
I did kind of burnt myself near the plug and the plug has melted
2007-01-25 05:23:51 · 7 answers · asked by Chesh » 5 in Environment
i kind of knew that
2007-01-25 05:39:05 · update #1
It was most likely a power surge caused by the light bulb turning on. When the light was switched on, the lamp drew a high current causing the bulb filament to melt (hence the pop and subsequent lightlessness) and in the process, a fuse blew for that room. From the sound of it, the lamp had a short (crossed wire) in the wiring somewhere. The sudden heat from the massive current going to the lamp caused the light socket to melt.
One cause of this blow could also be having too many appliances drawing current in the house at once. You may have been using too much electricity all at once.
2007-01-25 05:34:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch. Sounds like a short circuit.
There's a good chance that the bulb in the socket was of too high a Wattage for the socket. If the fixture says something like, "only 60 watt bulbs," there's a reason for it.
Whatever it is that has melted, I would throw away and replace.
Bummer about the lost homework.
2007-01-25 05:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by luck d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fuse in the plug of your lamp was probably too big.
Which caused the lightto blow, and the fuse in the fuse board to blow, and the fuse in the plug to blow.
Because the fuseboard blew, everything plugged in, in the lower half of your house, or upper, where-ever your PC is, also went off.
You're PC shouldn't saved temporarilly anything you had written.
2007-01-25 05:41:53 · answer #3 · answered by Bloke Ala Sarcasm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the flow of electrical current the poor connection will heat . The light will short out occasional. I lived in Ecuador 12 years and the power was so unreliable u would save your work about every 15 min.
2007-01-25 07:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wattage in the bulb must have been too high creating so much heat that it burst which caused an electrical power outtage in your house. Or it blew your fuse.
2007-01-25 05:32:46 · answer #5 · answered by iansbaby17 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your electrical set up was dangerous. Fuse ratings wrong, etc Could have been loose wiring, all kinds of nasty things.
I would get an electrician in to check up your room.
Next time, you might end up injured or even dead.
2007-01-25 07:02:42 · answer #6 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost sounds like a short fuse. i don't know much about that kind of stuff but when i get something like what you had got, people tell me its a short Fuse. GOOD LUCK!
2007-01-25 05:37:11 · answer #7 · answered by Nascar Momma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋