So I was browsing around a local hardware store today talking to a guy I know who works there,when a guy came in claiming he needed a new light fixture. Being light related, I politely butted in on the conversation. His old one was one with a glass globe around it. He claimed that his wife ruined the whole fixture by screwing in a lightbulb to tight. He said that he didn't know that she screwed it in to tight, until 3 to 4 weeks later it stopped working. He said that when he went to change it, that's when he noticed at how tight it was, and that's what caused it to have a short life. He also said he was lucky that it didn't start a fire being in tight. He said that he replaced the bulb himself "the right way" and lo and behold it was dead again in a short time. His belief now was that the whole fixture is ruined because of his wife screwing the first bulb in too tight and that the trend will continue until the whole thing is changed. By chance, he brought a burnt out bulb with him to make sure it fit good in the new globe. I asked to see the bulb and I noticed that it said plain as day "not for use in enclosed or recesed fixtures." I pointed this out to him as being the likely culprit, but he wasn't having none of it. So I guess my question is, is there any truth about fire hazards from bulbs being screwed in to tight? I still subscribe to the theory that he's putting the led bulb in a globe, when it says not too. But is there any truth in it? The only thing I knew to watch out for in bulbs was like not putting a 100 watt bulb in a fixture only rated for 60 watt max, but that was in the incadenscent and halogen bulb days. I have seen instances of a fixture stop working from a screwed in bulb to tight that bent the tab in the middle and required it to be bent back in shape.
I'm tempted to believe that the guys gonna have the same problem again, and start blaming the wiring going to the fixture next lol.
I'm tempted to believe that the guys gonna have the same problem again, and start blaming the wiring going to the fixture next lol.
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