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The overall construction of those LUXTEN junks
This is a LUXTEN branded chinese 75W new incandescent lamp in my hostel. It have only one fuse in the glass stem. When the lamp reach EOL, this situation, in 230V mains, may cause a secondary arc in the fuse which in turns, may cause (if the capping cement was deteriorated or poorly made) the lamp to eject from its base like a bullet, with a shower of sparks after it, leaving the base of the lamps into the socket of the fixture.
In my hostel, most of the time, those LUXTEN lamps rarely did this. But they did made a very loud boom sound, and tripped the circuit breaker.
Keywords: Lamps

The overall construction of those LUXTEN junks

This is a LUXTEN branded chinese 75W new incandescent lamp in my hostel. It have only one fuse in the glass stem. When the lamp reach EOL, this situation, in 230V mains, may cause a secondary arc in the fuse which in turns, may cause (if the capping cement was deteriorated or poorly made) the lamp to eject from its base like a bullet, with a shower of sparks after it, leaving the base of the lamps into the socket of the fixture.
In my hostel, most of the time, those LUXTEN lamps rarely did this. But they did made a very loud boom sound, and tripped the circuit breaker.

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File information
Filename:IMG_0965.JPG
Album name:dor123 / Lamps
Keywords:Lamps
Company and Date Manufactured:Unknown (LUXTEN branded), China
Wattage:75W
Lamp Type:Pear incadnescent lamp
Filesize:239 KiB
Date added:Oct 29, 2010
Dimensions:1600 x 1200 pixels
Displayed:47 times
Color Space:sRGB
DateTime Original:2010:10:27 14:47:36
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Time:1/30 sec
FNumber:f/2.7
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:6.2 mm
ISO:400
Make:Canon
Max Aperture:f/2.7
Model:Canon PowerShot A1100 IS
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