Tesco Lightbulbs
Carlos_dfc
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Their 'own-brand', that is.....
Cheap carp
Bought some maybe 9 months ago (various types) and so far have used about 6 in total - 3 of which have packed-in this week (3rd one this morning)
Nothing unusual in that - BUT.....
Every one of the three - the glass 'bulb' was loose from the metal bayonet cap. One of them even came completely off, and I had to remove the metal cap (complete with filament amd it's little glass and metal mount) out of the light-fitting with pliers.
And it's not simply a bad batch - these were 3 different types of bulb, a standard round 'pearl', a standard round clear, and a clear 'candle' bulb.
I've checked the others that were still working, and two of the three had loose glass bulbs :eek:
It can't be just bad luck that 5 out of 6 have gone the same way - this is obviously a common problem.
All in the bin now, and have been out to buy another brand.
Cheap carp
Bought some maybe 9 months ago (various types) and so far have used about 6 in total - 3 of which have packed-in this week (3rd one this morning)
Nothing unusual in that - BUT.....
Every one of the three - the glass 'bulb' was loose from the metal bayonet cap. One of them even came completely off, and I had to remove the metal cap (complete with filament amd it's little glass and metal mount) out of the light-fitting with pliers.
And it's not simply a bad batch - these were 3 different types of bulb, a standard round 'pearl', a standard round clear, and a clear 'candle' bulb.
I've checked the others that were still working, and two of the three had loose glass bulbs :eek:
It can't be just bad luck that 5 out of 6 have gone the same way - this is obviously a common problem.
All in the bin now, and have been out to buy another brand.
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My wife got some of those from asda.
They all blew within a very short time in spite of it saying that they would last for 1200 hours on the box.
She took back the six bulbs and asda didn't even query it.
They said that loads of people had complained about them.
They were still selling them though.
what has the price of fish got to do with it