Bulb Burn Out

[itllbedonesoon]

i have just replaced the nearside rear breaklight with a new bulb and 3 days later it has burnt out already!!! i guess it is getting to much current, or something but i dont know my *** from my elbow with electrics.

 

can any one suggest what the problem might be??????

[Guest stu205]

check all terminations are tight, loose ones can cause high reststances, laso make sure your getting a good contact as that can have the same result, also "bulbs" can blow quickly if there not a half decent brand you might have just got a poor one

[itllbedonesoon]

cheers, ill check my connections, incidently when the bulb has gone, it was quite bad. the bulb is all smoke white inside and the bulb was cracked

[Guest stu205]

that sounds to me like a dud bulb, you get smoke when there has been a vacume leak

[Guest Guy]

This can be caused by vibration, was the last one the same? if not then it's probably just a dud.

[Guest stu205]

vibration only causes fracture of the fillament, unless your getting MASSIVE amounts that have caused the envelope to crack

[Guest docter fox]

are your break lights going on/off properly? I had the same problem and it started to melt then lens before the bulb went...

[Guest TerryBarry]

White coating inside the bulb

I'd agree with Stu - duff bulb - air had leaked in and when powered up it just vapourised the filament, coating the inside of the glass envelope.