Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Joseph Meehan wrote:



Two things tend to burn out lamps early, water and vibration. A leak
somewhere will provide the water. You want to eliminate
that. Vibration is also possible. Is that light near some sort of
equipment that may vibrate, like the garage door? I suggest you may
want to try a CF (compact florescent) or garage door lamp. Both tend
to handle vibration better.

Regarding your using the term "burn out"...

I concur with the vibration part, but how does water cause a bulb to
"burn out"?

I can see water corroding electrical connections and maybe those
connections would cause localized heating at the base of the bulb
which could even melt the soldered joint at the base tip and
disconnect the bulb, but that won't make the filament "burn out" will
it?
A better term to use have been "fail", not "burn out". G

Jeff

Frankly I have wondered that myself.

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Joseph Meehan

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