I Tapped a Incandescent Bulb A Bit Hard...and it turned into a White Incandescent
Photo doesnt nessicarily reflect the whiteness....i tapped the bulb abit and all of a sudden the Color Temp turned Whiteish (id say nearly cool White 4100K) and the brightness went up to that of a 150 Watt Lamp....the bulb didn't last too long afterwards....i suspect when i tapped it the filiment became shorter?..no?
This lamp is very overdriven. A photoflood incandescent lamp that have a 3400K color temperature have usually only 3 hours life.
This must be a problem with the socket or else. This not look like a problem with the bulb itself.
The filament prolly stretched when you tapped it, and shorted with one of the filament leads inside, easily done especially if it has a vertically mounted filament. You have made a 60v bulb lol.
That's often a problem with nightligHt bulbs and at EOL they can melt the plastic sockets b/c when the fillament shorts it causes the wattage and color temperature to increase and lifetime decrease even when burned 24/7
The solution for nightlight bulbs is to use automatic nightlights. Light bulbs will last virtually forever in those. I've only replaced one in the last 10 years!
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This must be a problem with the socket or else. This not look like a problem with the bulb itself.
@dor123 The Socket is Fine,its the Lamp
@Aaron that's intreasting.