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    runner49 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 5, 2011, 12:18 PM
    Wrong wattge bulb
    I installed the wrong watt bulb (75W) in a Hampton Bay track light. If worked for 1 day. I then replaced it with the correct wattage bulb (50W). No it does not work at all. Can the light be fixed?
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    Mar 5, 2011, 07:48 PM

    Are you certain your replacement bulb is good. I've seen brand new bulbs that didn't light. Try it in another socket. If this is not a low-voltage system, you didn't damage anything with heat after only one day. Maybe you overtightened or twisted something and damaged it, but not by a 50% overwattage.
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    Mar 6, 2011, 04:46 AM
    If the lamps are 12 volt, then each track head or the tack itself has a transformer for each lamp or the track, and it may have failed by overloading with incorrect lamp.

    We need to know more details about this track.
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