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Bizarre burnout.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 1:44 pm
by ragingfish
So everyone who read my thread on "what bulb is it" knows I've been trying to locate a replacement bulb for the light on the front ceiling by the sunroof controls. Well, I'm going to the dealer tomorrow for other shtuff, so I'll hae them swap it out. But check this. I took a closer look today at the bulb itself, and it burned out really strangely. Instead of just being dead or black, it's got a black stripe in the middle and white swirls around it. Check out the pics below. Has ANYONE ever seen a bulb burn out like this? Quite bizarre. I just found it rather interesting!
Re: Bizarre burnout. (ragingfish)
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 1:48 pm
by Stands Alone
Probably caused by voodoo or a UFO !
Re: Bizarre burnout. (Stands Alone)
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2002 7:41 pm
by ragingfish
*Hums twilight zone theme* could beeeeeeeeee
Re: Bizarre burnout. (ragingfish)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:21 am
by d_m_kolb
I have seen this happen. A light bulb is in a vacumm. If any air gets in it will burn up the fiiiment very quickly and leave a film on the inside of the glass. This looks like what has happened to your bulb. Air leaked in.
Re: Bizarre burnout. (Admin II)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:25 am
by ragingfish
Kinky. Never heard of that happening.
Re: Bizarre burnout. (ragingfish)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 4:00 am
by Sub-Vibe-R
Where are the pics?????? I can't see them
Re: Bizarre burnout. (Sub-Vibe-R)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 4:33 am
by Vibe Rater
No pics on my screen.
Re: Bizarre burnout. (Vibe Rater)
Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2002 5:38 am
by ragingfish
Sorry all...seems my server is not running up to par and images aren' loading right, if at all. Damn web hosts.
Re: Bizarre burnout. (ragingfish)
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 1:16 pm
by ragingfish
Moved the pix to a new server. They should be there now! Sorry all!
Re: Bizarre burnout. (ragingfish)
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 5:43 pm
by Stang2Vibe
Yeah, I've seen bulbs burn out similar to this before. I think Admin's right about losing the vacuum inside the bulb. Probably just a manufacturer's defect.
Re: Bizarre burnout. (Stang2Vibe)
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:06 pm
by DopeVibeGT
Looks like a cool, gaseous planet.