"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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Oops. I should have revealed my ulterior motive. My daughter's
mother-in-law has an outside light fixture that eats incandescent bulbs
for some reason. I measured the voltage and found that it was 123 volts.
No other fixtures in the house eat bulbs like this one does. My wild
guess is that the house wiring (relatively new abode) may be miswired or
defective in some strange way. Would rather not spend a lot of time
tracing it out while possibly damaging the wallboard and such.

She uses a low wattage bulb in the fixture. My thinking was to use one of
the disc thingies in the fixture with a higher wattage bulb. Perhaps the
diode would save the bulb from a peculiar voltage surge if that indeed is
what is happening. Just trying to find an quick, easy, and lazy way out.

Thanks for your valuable comments.

"Eeyore" wrote in message
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If it's the same as my house, it's probably the vibration from people
slamming the door. Mine is mounted on the outside house wall right next to
the front door and regular incandescents wouldn't last very long. The CFL I
have out there now is past the normal life span already.

WT