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Bill[_37_]

Tomsic wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message
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zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:22:28 -0400, Bill wrote:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:15:41 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Thanks for the follow up report. I'm pleased it all worked out.

Ceiling fans are very rough on bulbs -- they may need "rough service"
bulbs.

If the blades are properly balanced, they're not too hard on bulbs. In
four
years, the only ceiling fan bulbs I've lost were the ones on the back
porch,
in a fan that's never used. Three of the four went.

Forgot to mention, that the outside fan was one of six in the house with
lights. None of the other lights has failed in that four years.

When I used 100W bulbs in my ceiling fan which has a globe, I was going
through them practically monthly. When I switched to 60W, I got more
normal bulb-lifetimes.

What was the rating on the fixture?

The rating of the part that held the bulb was/is quite high (I don't
recall the number, but it is greater than 100W). However, it surely did
not take the globe into account. Evidently, it was the heat in the globe
that was giving the bulbs a short lifespan. I am sticking with the 60w
bulbs for reasons of safety. I inherited the lamp as a home-buyer, so I
don't know what it said "on the box" of the fan.

Heat doesn't affect bulb life unless the basing cement on the bulb fails or
the glass melts. Shock and vibration or higher than rated voltage kills
bulbs prematurely though.

Well, it did in my case, so it must have effected the basing cement. Is
that possible? It wasn't the vibration, becasue this phenomenon
occurred even when I didn't turn the fan on (at all).

Tomsic