I am hoping you can help me. We use BR30 Indoor Reflector Lamp bulbs at work. They only last about 2 weeks. We replacing about 24 bulbs every two weeks.
We have tried different brand bulbs but it dose not seem to matter. Do you have any suggestion as to may be wrong.
One of my guys thought the lights fixtures my be not be making good contact with the bulbs. Or maybe electrical surges? But we were not sure what to do about it.
2007-01-30 02:12:08 · 4 answers · asked by gandpz2 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
they are incandescent bulbs (normal screw in type) in the ceiling and the ones that look like an eye ball
2007-01-30 03:37:02 · update #1
contact with rght electrician ,
first check out your line & also fixture also .also voltage.
2007-01-30 02:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by Udit D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are incandescent bulbs (normal screw in type) then you have a wild voltage shift on the line and need an electrician to find the problem and balance the line.
If they are those silly little halogen low-voltage pot lights that everybody wants (but they don't tell you the lights EAT bulbs)... check the ballast on the 24 volt side of the circuit.
If they are flourescent tube lights, check the ballast inside the fixture, sounds like it may be pooched.
Call an electrician to be sure though... mishandled electrical issues grow into large and damaging fires.
2007-01-30 02:24:38 · answer #2 · answered by 6kidsANDalwaysFIXINGsomething 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine what would cause an incandescent bulb to burn out in such a short time. There could be a heat issue if the bulbs used were of a higher wattage than the fixture was designed for or if there were air circulation problems around them. Even with that they should burn more than a few hundred hours.. Some BR 30s are designed to burn 2000 hours. You might consider going to CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs. If there is a heat issue that would eliminate that possibility. Check out the following web site: http://www.goodmart.com/products/bulb_incandescent_reflector.htm ....Good Luck...
2007-01-30 05:06:54 · answer #3 · answered by Ret68 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like voltage spikes are the culprit. Every electrical system varies with the amount of voltage that surges through the wires...ranging from 110 to 130 volts. If you can't afford an electrician try buying bulbs with the highest rated voltage that you can find (it will say it on the bulb/box) or you can purchase voltage suppressors for each bulb...they are little "buttons" that you put on the end of each bulb before screwing them into the socket.
2007-01-30 03:31:23 · answer #4 · answered by Dingos8MyKids 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋