can a lightbulb burst if you kept it switched on too long and would it set fire?
2007-03-02 12:48:34 · 4 answers · asked by Rick M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
In most environments, an incandescent bulb quickly reaches an equilibrium that is well within its design and safety constraints. Insulate it, and its temperature will rise, shortening the lifetime of the filament, and possibly setting the insulation on fire. The easiest ways to make one burst are a hammer or a few drops of water on a hot bulb.
2007-03-02 17:58:25 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you use a light bulb that is too high for the current. It happen to my family a few times when we first moved into our house. But other than that, no, I doubt that a lightbulb would burst if lefted on.
2007-03-02 15:58:45 · answer #2 · answered by romeobulldogs73 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would that happen? The filliment would burn out; that's all. I heard or read somewhere there is a lightbulb that has been on since 1900 somewhere.
2007-03-02 17:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, it has never happened to anyone I know.
2007-03-02 13:43:12 · answer #4 · answered by nintendoyoshi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋