I recently moved into a new house this year. In the kitchen was a 4-way spotlight bar with halogen GU10s.
For some reason, one of the bulbs would keep blowing. We went through countless bulbs over the last few months - both cheap and expensive brands. I understand this is quite common with this type of bulb but what niggled me was it was always in the same position on the spotlight bar.
Now we've just had a new fitting installed by an electrician. Again, a 4-way spotlight bar but this time using LED GU10s. This was great until this evening when one of the bulbs blew, triping the circuit breaker. Guess which one it was? The one in the same position that kept blowing the halogen bulbs.
So, my question is: is this just a coincidence? Is it a dodgy LED bulb that happened to be in the same "cursed" position? I used to wonder whether there was a problem with the wiring in the old fitting, but this is a brand new fitting so it is unlikely to be that. Could it be in the wiring to the light fitting? Although how would that cause the same bulb to blow each time?
If you could shed some light (ho ho!) on this issue, I'd be very grateful.
For some reason, one of the bulbs would keep blowing. We went through countless bulbs over the last few months - both cheap and expensive brands. I understand this is quite common with this type of bulb but what niggled me was it was always in the same position on the spotlight bar.
Now we've just had a new fitting installed by an electrician. Again, a 4-way spotlight bar but this time using LED GU10s. This was great until this evening when one of the bulbs blew, triping the circuit breaker. Guess which one it was? The one in the same position that kept blowing the halogen bulbs.
So, my question is: is this just a coincidence? Is it a dodgy LED bulb that happened to be in the same "cursed" position? I used to wonder whether there was a problem with the wiring in the old fitting, but this is a brand new fitting so it is unlikely to be that. Could it be in the wiring to the light fitting? Although how would that cause the same bulb to blow each time?
If you could shed some light (ho ho!) on this issue, I'd be very grateful.