Plastic bases or other plastic in fixture can outgas due to high heat
casuing a film on the bulbs as one cause.


"Tekkie®" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
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Vibration will affect bulb life, but not the tendency of the bulb's
threads to get locked in place. And, the same thing happens with
base-up installation in things that do NOT vibrate, like certain
light fixtures.

Maybe because heat rises. Curious.


I think it's more along the lines of:
CHEAP sockets.
CHEAP bulb bases

Sockets and bulbs used to be brass now they are alumimum foillike...
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Tekkie