Exploding lamp - damaged carpet

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Read OPs post again, I see children were nearly involved.

pulliptears

That happened to me last year, I'll swear my scream was heard in the next street. I came through the door, flicked on the kitchen light and bang. Never had such a fright

Had to quickly grab the dog who slept in the kitchen (fortunately he was deaf and didn't move let alone bloody jump), evacuate him and spent the next hour picking bits of glass from everywhere. It was in every nook and cranny in that kitchen and I'll swear 8 months later I'm still finding bits.

No children were involved, small dog was though does that count? TBH I just assumed it was 'one of those things' and got on with the clean up.

MamaMoo_2

I have a B&Q spotlight fitting and the bulbs are awful. Every time my husband takes one of the original bulbs out, the glass comes off on the little sucker and leaves the rest of the bulb in the holder. Not an issue I've had with any of the bulbs I've put in since (which were bought elsewhere) but the ones supplied were cack.

LilElvis

mttylad wrote: »

And lower power!

At the minimum of 20w each thats over 2kw in power.
Although its more likely 3-4kw as most bought are 30-50w.

LED would certainly reduce the leccy bill.

I presume this is for me and my 108 (yes this is the correct number) GU10s?

The cost of replacing that number of fittings is going to run into many hundreds, let alone the grief of doing the work. The bl**dy things are in absolutely every room in the house - not a single wall or regular ceiling light anywhere. And you really don't want to know how much our electric bill is - let's just say its pretty substantial and only looks reasonable because the gas one is even worse (very large and very open plan house).

All light bulbs will now be changed using cotton gloves!

cookie365

WTFH wrote: »

Yes it most certainly is. The laws of physics can't be changed by the laws of the UK or Europe - even though some on here believe they should.

Most (all?) halogen bulbs are the same, that's why there are warnings with them and they are supplied in sheaths which you are told to use for fitting.

What a silly response.

If the laws of physics say that a product will explode in certain likely situations, you redesign the product taking into account the laws of physics in such a way that it doesn't.

unholyangel

cookie365 wrote: »

What a silly response.

If the laws of physics say that a product will explode in certain likely situations, you redesign the product taking into account the laws of physics in such a way that it doesn't.

You're right. And that's exactly what they did when they designed the sucker cup thing you use to handle the bulbs

mikb

cookie365 wrote: »

LilElvis is not the person with the exploding bulbs!

Not currently, as I said ... there'll be more exploding bulbs to come

LilElvis

mikb wrote: »

Not currently, as I said ... there'll be more exploding bulbs to come

108 bulbs, 10 years in the house and lost the suction thingy about 8 years ago. Not a single explosion! I actually looked at the packaging on the latest batch of bulbs and it does say not to handle with bare hands, but is very far from a banner headline (and why we had never spotted it). My assumption (and yes, I know what comes next ...) is that a ' malfunction' is a possibility rather than a likelihood.

No word from the OP with the exploding fitting though.

Hintza

cookie365 wrote: »

What a silly response.

If the laws of physics say that a product will explode in certain likely situations, you redesign the product taking into account the laws of physics in such a way that it doesn't.

These bulbs have been around for years and the only thing that is changing is the introduction of LEDs. Which would suggest the majority take the appropriate care.

Your suggestion is akin to removing all zebra crossings and replacing with bridges which of course would be much safer.

mttylad

ISTR that you do not need a new fitting, just new bulbs.

With the saving in power usage they will pay for themselves before too long.