wrote:

It's the ceiling light in the kitchen. I've had two fittings; both
contained multiple spot bulbs. The older fitting held the screw-in
reflector type,

These are usually ok...

the newer one holds four of the small spots that are
more popular now. With each fitting one of the bulbs would blow when
the light switched on and take the fuse with it.

These however are famous for poping bulbs and fuses at regular
intervals. They are also very sensitive to vibration - so someone
walking on the floor in the room above can be enough to shorten the life
of the bulbs a fair bit.

(the 12V halogen lights are much better in this respect since the
fillament runs at a much higher current and so needs to be thicker and
hence stronger. The light produced is also whiter and you get more of it)



--
Cheers,

John.

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