Hey guys.

I have a living room fire that is a blow heater with low and high settings and a flame effect that automatically comes on when the heater is on.
In the past the light which is a Fireglow bulb(60w painted red) went off so i initially thought it had blew but when i lightly tapped the heater, the light came on(???). Overall though the bulb has lasted 3 years.
Recently it went off but no amount of tapping or knocking sorted it. I undid the front panel and the bulb wash blew. I then bought a two pack of exactly the same bulb and wattage and put it in. when i turned it on it came on and immediately went off again. when i inspected it the fine filament...[IMG][/IMG]
had come unconnected. i tried the second and exactly the same happened.

any ideas appreciated.

Washington1

Could be cheap bulbs, or a loose connection in the lamp holder.
Check the lamp holder for any loose connections. also, look at the bottom of your bulb, it may have a small hole--which means the lamp holder is the problem. If you find that this is not the problem. Try buying expensive bulbs--they have stronger filaments.

Just my two cents!

marc-knuckle

thanks mate, i tried a normal white bulb today and it works fine so maybe just rubbish bulbs. i will try another

Washington1

welcome!

labman

Years ago, I solved a flickering light problem in my house by replacing the GE bulbs with Brite Tyme ones. So much for expensive bulbs. Of course now I have gone mostly CFL.