light fitting

moneyistooshorttomention

The electrics in my house have been modernised since moving here - so should be okay.

But I'm not sure about one of the light fittings. The round (about 1" high) thing the light bulb fits into has gone very brown on one of my light fittings. Is this just "one of those things" and down to the fact that it's the light in the house that I use most (ie quite a lot) or has the electrician mucked-up when he modernised it all and I need to get another electrician in to do something to that light?

Cornucopia

Really difficult to tell without seeing it.

If you mean brown burn marks on it, then that's most likely to be from a loose wire or a defective bulb holder. The easiest thing is for you/an electrician to replace the whole unit. If there is a different problem, then that should become obvious when the old one is taken out.

FreeBear

Cornucopia wrote: »

Really difficult to tell without seeing it.

Agreed. But after time, the white plastic does change colour - I've got a few that have turned a drab cream/brown colour. I suspect it is the heat from the bulbs that has caused this.

New fittings and low energy LED bulbs should cure the problem

moneyistooshorttomention

I guess "brown burn marks" sounds pretty much how I would describe it.

Well - I guess that's enough for me to ask an electrician to take a look at it - whilst she/he is here anyway soon doing a bit of minor electrical work in connection with my new kitchen.

That being - an element of doubt about whether its as ok as it should be for something pretty new.

societys_child

What sort of bulb is fitted?

moneyistooshorttomention

societys_child wrote: »

What sort of bulb is fitted?

The halogen equivalent of standard old-fashioned style bulbs.

To be precise - T*sco Halogen Classic. 1320 lumen. 77w = equivalent of 100 watt.

societys_child

Would imagine it gets quite hot.
Could explain why the holder is turning brown.

moneyistooshorttomention

Yep...oh well...it's only a matter of a few weeks (hopefully...) until an electrician is here anyway fixing a couple of bits in my new kitchen - so she/he can have a peer at it whilst here then and give their verdict.

Maybe it's a cheap quality fitting - and a two minute swop to a decent quality fitting will do the trick....

glasgowdan

Put a low energy bulb in instead. Halogens are soon to be extinct

moneyistooshorttomention

glasgowdan wrote: »

Put a low energy bulb in instead. Halogens are soon to be extinct

I dont like low energy bulbs and got rid of them all - after reading about the mercury in them. The light fitting that bulb fits into looks the same to me as the ones we used to have "back in the day" for the traditional style lightbulbs - hence thinking it presumably is the same and will therefore easily take other (lower wattage) types of lightbulb.

I hadnt heard that re halogens soon being extinct:eek:. Do you have a link to an article about it?

I do still have - lots! - of the traditional old-style light bulb. Though I've recently seen them around on sale again - so I guess they've been brought back?

societys_child

Just about every type of lamp (bulb) can now be changed to LED.