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What light bulb.

from_atozinc · 2016-01-19 13:27:28

Hi, I have been trying for a while now to figure out what light bulb will fit in a light fitting. The place where this needs to be fitted is above a front door and its outside the house. I've tried in a number of shops but no one has the right light bulb. See attached picture of where the bulb need to go in to - does…

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#32 24-01-2016 9:20pm
from_atozinc

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crasy dash wrote: »

Glad you got it sorted:) and you didnt electrocute yourself either:pac:

Thanks. Wonder what happened here though. Looks like the glass part of both bulbs just exploded or something.

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#33 24-01-2016 9:28pm
crasy dash

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Fairly common to see this, also happens on the bigger edison screw bulbs on son metal halide light fittings.

Probably due to cheap bulb and bad manufacturing

They get warm heat up get stuck in the threads then when they blow you go to remove and it pops off in your hand and most people couldnt be bothered trying to remove it because its awkward

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