Light Bulbs Blowing Frequently

steve · 2006-04-18T02:01:14+00:00

I have encountered a strange problem with light bulbs. We moved intothis house in September 2004 and have since spent a small fortune onlight bulbs. The house is seven years old and everything in the panellooks good.The brand, the wattage, and location seem to have little effect on thelife of the bulbs. Some bulbs I have replaced twice in one week!I began checking voltage in fixtures and outlets. My average voltageis 124V. I have seen it as high as 127V. Someone told me that evensmall overvoltages like this shorten the life of light bulbs. Icontacted my local utility and they put a voltage monitor on at mymeter. That was a couple of weeks ago and I haven't heard from themyet.It would be nice if I could get light bulbs to last more than 60 days.Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you.Steve Lockridge, ManagerAlfa TransformerFort Smith, Arkansas

Apr 18, 2006 21 Replies

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Michael A. Terrell 20 years ago

I'm already seeing them with groups of dead LEDs around my area.

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