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its not the bulb that gets warm, after having one on awhile take it out of the fixture and check the base of it. I have two in tulip style fixtures where the b
by Shivetya 13y ago
its not the bulb that gets warm, after having one on awhile take it out of the fixture and check the base of it.
I have two in tulip style fixtures where the bulbs point down, they don't last long but receipts are a wonderful thing. Eventually I think the big box store I get them from will change their return rules
- jamesaguilar 13y agoAs long as they have a ten-year replacement guarantee, I guess it doesn't matter as long as it's not a fire hazard.
- ScottBurson 13y agoFire hazard? They're certainly not as hot as incandescent bulbs!
- jamesaguilar 13y agoSorry, I simply didn't know. I did not mean to imply they were.
- loginx 13y agoI've noticed the opposite pattern in my house. Ever since we bought the place, we noticed that occasionally we would semi-randomly get a very fishy smell coming out of our staircase, and couldn't find the cause. After putting my google-fu to use, I realized it was the plastic casing of a small light fixture in the staircase that was getting very hot and slowly melting around the incandescent bulb. I've replaced the bulb with an LED bulb several months ago and I've checked the base of the socket, the fixture, and the bulb after hours of use, and all three are barely warm to the touch at all. I suppose it may depend on manufacturing quality, or as the OP article mentions, airflow.