The light in the hall is on overnight for my daughter, its was a philips genie 18w with a six year life. The previous incandescent bulb only lasted about the same. 3 weeks. Could the short life of these bulbs show something wrong with the wiring in my house? cheers Roy
A poor switch contact or bad wiring connection could do it, but much more likely with these low powered filament lamps is failure due to vibration. Could it be picking up vibration from peoples' feet on a floor or doors shutting?
For this application, I would go and buy the lowest power compact fluorescent you can find. You can get these down to 3W or 4W if you search (IKEA sometimes have these).
There are block walls in the hall, and there are no rooms in the loft so there cant be much vibration, which leaves the switches. thanks
More like rubbish quality bulbs. I had a spate of GE 60 Watt screw in types lasting about two months They were fitted in an up-lighter so no trapped heat, completely open above bulb. They were stamped Made in Hungary. Just crap East European quality.
Chris.
Were they 220volt or 240volt. Despite harmonisation, UK is 240v and continon is 220v, all give or take a bit. (Nominally 230 volts in name only.)
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