wrote:
John Rumm wrote:
Lee wrote:
I've just had a (mains) GU10 shatter into nice sharp shards all over the
floor, rather impressive spread given the small amout of glass involved...

I was under the impression that these bulbs weren't meant to do this...
Should I be worried any others might follow suite? (These are branded,
not no-names) Just concerned for ours and the cats feet
Generally they should not do this. However, make sure you don't touch
the glass when installing the new bulbs (wear gloves or install them
using the box etc). Leaving finger print oil on the glass may increase
the risk of explosion.

Surely in this type of bulb the outer envelope that you touch is quite
separate from the quartz glass envelope of the bulb itself. So it
*isn't* necessary to avoid touching the bulb as it is with the linear
quartz glass bulbs in spotlights where you can touch the actual quartz
glass.

If you read the instructions supplied with most of them, it still
applies. The ones with the outer glass envelope (like GU10s) are
supposed to contain the explosion (should it occur), but you can still
get some softening of the outer glass from contamination.

(The linear halogen jobbies are much worse in this respect though)

--
Cheers,

John.

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