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My light fitting melted - oo-er!!
I found my bedroom light bulb had failed yesterday - it's a standard bayonet
fitting below a ceiling rose. However, it wasn't as simple as just changing the lightbulb - the bulb had fallen out of the fitting. Inspection of the socket showed that it had largely melted, in fact one of the two metal spring-loaded electrical connection pins had dropped out, covered with burnt plastic and melted lead from the bulb contact. The bulb had fallen out because one of the socket cut-outs, which retain the lugs on the bulb, had just disintegrated or melted with the heat. It sounds like I was lucky not to have a house fire, wasn't I (or not?)? Why would this happen? Why didn't the relevant MCB on my CU trip (they seem to do so - irritatingly - every time a bulb in the house blows!) The fitting was only about 4 years old, is wired perfectly OK, and it's months since I''ve changed the lightbulb which has worked perfectly ever since. I find it pretty scary to think what migh have happened, and I haven't a clue why. Thanks Dave |
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