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

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"misterroy" writes:
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?

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).

--
Andrew Gabriel

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.

misterroy wrote:
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

no

NT