Short life bulbs

[Couleddie]

Minor problem I admit but has anyone got any ideas why my 8 year old fan oven has suddenly started eating bulbs like crazy. Costing me a fortune. Standard 15w ses high temp bulb, cover and seals all intact. Oven plugged into standard sso on 32A radial with nothing else on circuit. Original bulb lasted about 4 years. Recently had 4 bulbs in 5 months. Is it just a coincidence of me getting dodgy bulbs (tried different makes - Osram, GE, Tesco) or are sinister powers at work here.

 

[Apache]

what do you expect buying bulbs fom tesco!

Torch next to oven?

 

[Apache]

btw there not bulbs - they are lamps or luminaries

 

[Couleddie]

btw there not bulbs - they are lamps or luminaries

I thought they were the things the 'bulbs' went into

 

[a2]

bulbs go into the ground

 

[Couleddie]

what do you expect buying bulbs fom tesco! Torch next to oven?

With my cooking you need all the help you can get

 

[Couleddie]

bulbs go into the ground

So if I plant a 40w BC maybe it'll grow into a 18w energy saving spiral.

 

[a2]

maybe, maybe not, but you'll have some funny looks from the neighbours

 

[Couleddie]

maybe, maybe not, but you'll have some funny looks from the neighbours

That wouldn't be unusual in our street!

 

[Andy™]

bulbs go into the ground

maybe his bulbs needed a bit longer in the ground?

 

[Robojin]

maybe his bulbs needed a bit longer in the ground?

Should that not be Earth cause we don't use ground :^O

............ and then the fight started!!!!

 

[NozSpark]

I wonder what would happen if you put a bulb in a BC fitting???

 

[Andy™]

I wonder what would happen if you put a bulb in a BC fitting???

bright, colourful flowers?

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

btw there not bulbs - they are lamps or luminaries

No there not. A luminaire is the fitting the light bulb fits in .

Remember, Lamps glow, bulbs grow.

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

Minor problem I admit but has anyone got any ideas why my 8 year old fan oven has suddenly started eating bulbs like crazy. Costing me a fortune. Standard 15w ses high temp bulb, cover and seals all intact. Oven plugged into standard sso on 32A radial with nothing else on circuit. Original bulb lasted about 4 years. Recently had 4 bulbs in 5 months. Is it just a coincidence of me getting dodgy bulbs (tried different makes - Osram, GE, Tesco) or are sinister powers at work here.

I know this may sound silly but did you actually test the lamps that you think have failed?

e.g. with a meter or in another fitting?

are you sure there is no problem with the actual contacts in the SES lamp holder in the oven,

i.e. you disturb it when unscrewing old bulb, makes batter contact for a while

then goes High Resistance again later, so light bulb appears to 'stop working'. ? :| ?:|

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

No there not. A luminaire is the fitting the light bulb fits in .Remember, Lamps glow, bulbs grow.

Lamps - glow,

bulbs - grow,

currents - flow,

fuses - blow,

touch voltage - low,

I type - slow!!!

Blushing:O

I'll go and sit back in the corner again! :|

 

[Couleddie]

I know this may sound silly but did you actually test the lamps that you think have failed?e.g. with a meter or in another fitting?

are you sure there is no problem with the actual contacts in the SES lamp holder in the oven,

i.e. you disturb it when unscrewing old bulb, makes batter contact for a while

then goes High Resistance again later, so light bulb appears to 'stop working'. ? :| ?:|

The lamps are definitely blown - they're clear so easy to check visually.

Possibly just blowing to hide the fact the oven needs a bloody good clean