problems with bulbs blowing?

Question

major problems with bulbs blowing in house, have large room 22 bulbs always one blowing per week, changed fitting now using frosted g9 (£3 each?) . cant go on like this, costing me a fortune.had a sparky fit new lights and he could not offer explaination. maybe surges!!!

Answer 1

most standard fixtures call for a 60 watt max. if you put anything more than that they will not last very long. dont quite understand why but it is true. My mother had the same problem, was replacing 2 or 3 bulbs a week. I noticed that she was useing 100 watt bulbs, changed them all to 60 watt and she has not had to replace one in over 2 months now...

Answer 2

in the start i became going to point to flow your lights someplace that a slamming door or vibration may be causing the bulbs to blow. They use so little or no wire interior the bulbs now that barley shaking or vibrating will reason the skinny wire to interrupt and the bulb is ineffective. although once you reported that you've a in part melted potential adapter that is an complete new ballgame. i do not comprehend how a lot belongings you've plugged into that one outlet yet more effective than probably its on a 20 amp breaker yet as old as you're saying it really is there is quite no telling what its on or the size wire its on. My wager is that its over loaded and subsequently ought to and could maximum probably reason a fireplace or perhaps worse, lack of existence if its isn't regarded into and stuck quickly. call whom ever you want to call and characteristic this element regarded at, interior the period in-between till eventually that receives done i'd un plug as many stuff from that gadget as i ought to and shop it to a minimum and frequently sense the cords themselves to work out in the experience that they are warm to the contact. in basic terms be care complete yet get someone accessible pronto! wish this helps.

Answer 3

are the bulbs the correct wattage for your light fittings. it could be the bulbs are designed for a lower wattage than the light fitment. try switching the bulbs you are using. perhaps try a 40 watt bulb in one room and a 100 watt bulb in another. see if they are still blowing if one does and the other doesn't you know its the bulbs. if they both go you know you need to get another electrician out

Answer 4

I had the same problem and found out that large voltage spikes were coming in on power line. problem solved by having power company install whole house surge protector. No more bulb usage.

Answer 5

all normal light bulbs have a coiled filament. when current passes through the filament a magnetic field is set up around it. when the coil is broken, when working, a large current is produced called a back emf. this is worked out as I squared times R (resistance of the filament). this current passes through the wiring and through all the other lamps that are on at the time. the surge lasts only milliseconds but the high voltage can do untold damage to other lamps. sometimes the mcb will trip after picking up this high surge.
most lamps blow on turn on and if you have a multi fitting, you will be changing the lamps quite often.
this back emf is the principal of flourescent striking as the choke (a coil of wire) is opened by the starter and the back emf (about 6000v) flashes across the tube to ignite the gas in the tube.

Answer 6

When you have so many lamps,when 1 goes it's usually time that the others are due to go as well,so really you should do a complete lamp change,or you will be changing lamps on a regular basis as the others go.Now that you have changed the fitting and have gone for the G9 lamp,I don't think you will have the problem,I have them fitted and haven't changed a lamp in 2years.

Answer 7

Use the new flourescent longlife bulbs.

They are surprisingly reasonably priced and if THEY blow you know its a major electrical fault which the 'sparky' needs to track down.





Of course, you may be Haunted!





Mwa ha ha ha

:~}

Answer 8

You should buy energy saving bulbs. Not as expensive as they used to be, as cheap as 1 pound nowadays. They last much longer and you would also be contributing to a good cause :)

Answer 9

I had a similar problem a while back, turns out it was a faulty earth wire.
Now i have a new problem, namely MEECE!!(mice)...they love nice warm places...specially high wattage light fittings..or areas above them anyway...gggrrrrrrr!!!!...stand in your room in the quiet for a while..can you hear any squeaks or scuttling???...if so, be afraid, be very afraid...the little buggers arent as cute when they are costing you a fortune meesin wiv ya wiring etc!!!
hope you get sorted
cheers
smaffy

Answer 10

fit dimmer switches with 'soft start' circuitry (MK or Lutron are best) you lamps will last for up to 100 times longer.

Added- What **** decided that this deserved a thumbs down? Get a life.