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Hi rocky. The switch is just a "normal" on/off switch, not a dimmer.

Actually, thinking about it, maybe I have nailed it. The light is positioned directly under my youngest son's bedroom. He often moves around (jumps, generally bounces around - he is 8) and the light fitting does vibrate when he does this. Our old one did it too, but it had the small halogen...

Right. Update time. Took me about a fortnight to gee myself up to go & buy some bulbs. I came home with some halogen globe bulbs from B&Q, a named brand but I can't remember what the name is. I couldn't find Osram or Philips locally would you believe! Removed the lamp unit from the...

Hmmm...Difficult one this. I suspect my other half of being a bit naughty with a workmate. I know she chats with him online via F******* and sometimes things do get a bit close to the bone. What I have discovered is that they sometimes videocall via F******* chat. I am not really...

Hi. Have a strange fault with my 9 months old Acer Aspire. I normally use it plugged into the mains. It has over the last couple of months developed an odd fault. Basically, if you unplug the laptop from the mains & use it on battery power, when you try & re-charge it, it charges...

Thanks for the help, will give that a try, probably been over-reacting, but it's the 1st time I have ever installed a ceiling lamp, paranoid that I had done something wrong & was going to burn the house down, lol

Here you go...these are the 2 that blew, the 3rd has no scorch marks inside.

Here's what I am on about...

Thanks RF Lighting, Will give that a try. Any idea as to why all 5 of the old ones burst at once? Also is it normal that a new bulb (generic own-brand) would have a hole in the side of the screw-in part which looks like it has been melted?

Haha that's kinda what I thought deep down too, zero electrical knowledge breeds b******s theories! To answer your question, no - all the lights appear to be working as normal, although I do have 1 bulb blown in my kitchen which has been out for a few days, haven't gotten around to replacing...

Hi prenticeboyofderry, Nothing blew other than the light. I haven't replaced the bulbs as yet (truth be told electricity scares me a bit & I don't want to risk further damage) as where the bulb screws into the bulb holder is slightly melted & doesn't look like a "normal" blown bulb...

Hmmm, not sure where you are going with those comments...but yes, a whole new lamp. The NEW one is this one here...http://www.next.co.uk/x501094s2 (Cheap & cheerful) All of the lights went bang & no longer worked (all 5 halogen capsules popped at the same time) I rightly or...

Yeah, will get onto that shortly, will remove the lamp fittings & start again... Is it possible with the new unit blowing like that, that I have wired it up wrongly? There were 3 wires coming out of the ceiling, 1 red, 1 black & 1 bare copper wire with a green sleeve. I wired blue to...

Do you mean that you think the new light is faulty then? It wasn't particularly expensive, but seems funny that the new one has blown too...

Hi. I had a NEXT 5 lamp ceiling lamp (halogen capsule bulbs) up in my living room, which has always been fine. I had the lamp on until pretty late the other night, and when I switched off to go to bed, I had forgotten something in the room, so I turned the light back on, and BANG! All 5...

Ok, that's me told!!! Thanks for the wise words, esp Lucia. Will make sure life insurance is well sorted before I attempt this monster task then!!! Cheers Guys :lol: