Hi guys, can anyone help with this one? My customer had a problem with his two kitchen lights - 100 watt screw bulbs in a tilting downlight style fittings that kept blowing. After inspection one fitting was broken resulting in the bulb fitting being sat at an angle no doubt putting a strain on...
hi all dont know if anyone has any idear on this but have change all my lamps round the house to led all work fine apart from the 3 gu10 leds in the fitting there work to start off with but only last about 3 months didnt know if any one had a idear on what could couse it
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Wonder if anyone could throw some light on this one (forgive the pun)-
Was called out to sort problem with landing light which blows the bulb when switched on.. mcbs not tripping and lighting is not on an rcd protection.
visited and looked at switches, both 2-way 2 gang coupled with...
The most popular manufacturers of GU10 LED's seem to be JCC (although mainly their sealed units as opposed to just bulbs), Cree, Halers, Robus, Kosnic, GE, Sylvania, Megaman and probably some others I've forgotten.
However, there are hundreds of unbranded LED bulbs being sold on eBay (and...
Need an E12 screw bulb today (for NE party tonight!) so not looking for online store. Tried Tesco Home, Maplin - they had none. Any suggestions?
In Chelmsford / Braintree area.
Hi guys & gals,anybody come across es bulbs blowing big time,I mean the glass parting from the screw base and flying across the room.
thought it might be cheap bulbs,but according to granny they have come from different suppliers.
going there later to have a look.
cheers
Hi, Could anyone advise please:- I have a chandelier light fitting controlled from a wall dimmer switch, it has 12 tungslen 'candle' type bulbs. I am thinking of swopping the bulbs to 'flickering' type bulbs, neons (?) ( I know they don't really give off light its purely for decoration.) Would...
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I know that switch mode power supplies can create radio interference and also neutral harmonic currents but does anyone know why?
Does anyone know why the components inside the power supplies can cause radio interference and/or neutral harmonics?
Thanks very much.
I'll start by saying I'm not an electrician.
I have tried to replace an existing PIR light for the front of my house. I've tried a new unit from Homebase, and after two showed the same problem have tried one from Wickes, and have tried different bulbs too. It was like for like install, so...
Been searching the Internet for ages with no luck!
Trying to turn my garage into a gym. Need better lighting. There is a light switch but it is by the main garage door, and I am using the rear door as the entrance (main door blocked off now with shleves etc).
So I want to run an extension...
Firstly I am am a DIY'er not an electrician.
Last night I noticed that the energy saving bulb in my landing light was flashing faintly even tough it was witched off..
It is two way switched, one switch on the landing and one in the hall, power feeds the switch on the landing, wiring is done...
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There is this house i just finished wiring and they come to install the meter
Iv realized that,the voltage sometimes rises above 250v so it blows most of the bulbs.
I tested the phases and detected a phase which does not rise above 250v but above 240v
so,I put all the...
I'm wiring up 10x GE F40BL and some bulbs are brighter than the others. I have narrowed it down to the bulbs them-self and not the wiring or the fixtures because when i swap the bulbs into a different fixture, they are still brighter than the others. I'm assuming since the bulbs are brighter...
Good morning chaps,
I stumbled upon this forum and seems to be a good source of experts. I'm not an electrician so hope i'm not breaking any rules by posting here.
We have a house full of low voltage MR16 halogen bulbs. I wanted to slowly change the ones in my kitchen and hall to LED as the...
Hey everyone, just wondering what everyone thinks the best LED GU10 bulb is. Factors include: lux, spread, cost, lifespan, colour and size. Also which make of bulb is most equivalent to the 50watt halogen bulb including all the above factors.
HELP!!
Bought 9 led dimmable GU10's from LEDHut and they just keep blowing! We've got a new Varilight Led dimmer switch, 10 watt-110 watt, and when I put 8 of the lamps in everything fine. Put the full 9 in and it all blows. Originally one lamp blew so replaced it with an Osram and that's been...
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My customer has a 6 * G9 Bulb chandalier in a hairdressers. They stop working indescrimanantley over a period of a month or two. The bulbs have no lamp shade. None of the other CFL (2 * 26w cfls 4pin) downlighters are affected on this circuit - they have lasted over two years to date...
Hi guys I found about a 1000 of these bulbs in the loft after doing a bit of a clear out , just wondered what they are, if they are any use to anybody in this day and age?
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I have been given a 1000w HPS/Metal Halide ballast with and e40 fitting. Can i use any 1000w metal halide e40 bulb or does it really have to match the ballast in more ways than the wattage. Does a digital ballast make any difference?
For instance I am using it for screen printing exposure...
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