"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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My reasoning was that if there truly is some kind of periodic surge that
is taking out the bulbs then perhaps it is of greater magnitude than 130
volts. My other thought was to put in a 230 volt light bulb, but those are
a little hard to find on a local store shelf.



It's not a surge, no way no how, not gonna kill bulbs like that. I think the
guy who said vibration from the door slamming was dead on.

Have you ever seen a 230V bulb on 120V? They barely glow. You'd be better
off with a candle.