Re: I think they've done it again.

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Turning it off and on rapidly can blow a bulb. I recently had to retire an
LM14A that started flashing full on as it dimmed to off. I replaced 3 bulbs
in a few weeks time whereas I seldom had to replace any bulbs before this. I
heard from someone else who experienced the same thing.

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Also, how can a defective switch "blow" a normal bulb?  Sounds a little
>"off" to me.  Bulbs should only do that if presented with a voltage way over
>their rating.  I suspect miswiring, perhaps bad enough to feed 240 into a
>120VAC device, at least in the blown bulb reports.