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Live in mobile home park.
Outside light fixtures on trailer is 60 watts.
Have a neighbor who did not change th elight fixture but installed a large flood light bulb in a 60 watt socket.
Any estimate on how long before the thing catches on fire? They leave that light on 24/7
Hummmmmm ! sounds like your neighbor like many today is tight on money and when the light burned out he used what he had at hand, NOW the neighborly thing to do , would be to go yourself and buy the right size for him , and just tell him of your concerns that the big one might cause him problems , not to mention the cost to light it, ( you know like giving a plate of cookies to a new neighbor) PROBLEM SOLVED!
Hummmmmm ! sounds like your neighbor like many today is tight on money and when the light burned out he used what he had at hand, NOW the neighborly thing to do , would be to go yourself and buy the right size for him , and just tell him of your concerns that the big one might cause him problems , not to mention the cost to light it, ( you know like giving a plate of cookies to a new neighbor) PROBLEM SOLVED!
Or, he could come back with " Don't tell me how to run my house. This is my house.
Remember this guy?
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Last edited by Ultrarunner; 05-31-2011 at 11:45 AM..
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Hummmmmm ! sounds like your neighbor like many today is tight on money and when the light burned out he used what he had at hand, NOW the neighborly thing to do , would be to go yourself and buy the right size for him , and just tell him of your concerns that the big one might cause him problems , not to mention the cost to light it, ( you know like giving a plate of cookies to a new neighbor) PROBLEM SOLVED!
This is a house that has frequent traffic of people going in and out at night (possible drug dealing) and heavily ghetto decorated cars. No, I'm not going over there.
Our outside light fixture is rated for 60 watt bulb. He's using a bulb that calls for 100 to 150 watts of power. Won't that cause the wires to overheat?
It very well could. But it's not a 60-watt socket. It's just a standard socket.
Now... If it's outdoors, and not an enclosed light, they'll probably be okay.
Not sure if that light is still burning - but is it legal to shoot the bulb out with an airgun or catapult after the ban goes into effect in 2012? street justice
When I bought my house, two ceiling light fixtures didnt work. I worried that mice in the attic had eaten through the wiring but an electrician told me that someone had put bulbs with too high a wattage in the fixtures and burned out the units. All he did was replace the units.
Are you saying that he was mistaken or lying? If so, why did his repair solve the problem?
He actually could have been mistaken. Some sockets are prone to having the spring tab in the center crush down so that a lamp doesn't make contact. The trick is to take a wooden stick with a barb on the end and pry the spring tab back up and into position. The problem is worse when the socket holds an inverted high wattage lamp, as the heat de-springs the spring action of the tab. I've seen overheated sockets that crumbled in my hand, but those were in cheap desk lamps.
Shooting out lamps legal? Do you really need to ask?
I think the title is ironic: "idiot for a neighbor" but the OP is the one who was clueless.
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oh snipe!
