hello everyone,
i'd like to remind everyone to check your lights (and any other power equipment you use). before today, i have never done any "inspections" per se, but i did lable when i changed the bulbs in my 2, 4' dual bulb fixtures.
today, i had to move the lights on top of the 55 to get into the tank, and one flickered a bit, and seemed kind of warm (more than usual). it had been flickering a little when i would move it for a few days now, so i didn't really think too much about it, but as soon as i moved it, the fixture went out, like both bulbs died at the exact same time. upon further inspection, one of the the sockets for the bulbs was about 20% melted away, and one of the prongs on the bulb itself was loose. not good. luckily, i found everything before any other potential damage happened. all in all, i'm out 1 bulb and a fixture ($15.00 total).
i don't know what happened to cause this, nor do i really care. i'm just happy that i caught it before anything else happened.
now, go check your lights!
peace all,
technoracer
i'd like to remind everyone to check your lights (and any other power equipment you use). before today, i have never done any "inspections" per se, but i did lable when i changed the bulbs in my 2, 4' dual bulb fixtures.
today, i had to move the lights on top of the 55 to get into the tank, and one flickered a bit, and seemed kind of warm (more than usual). it had been flickering a little when i would move it for a few days now, so i didn't really think too much about it, but as soon as i moved it, the fixture went out, like both bulbs died at the exact same time. upon further inspection, one of the the sockets for the bulbs was about 20% melted away, and one of the prongs on the bulb itself was loose. not good. luckily, i found everything before any other potential damage happened. all in all, i'm out 1 bulb and a fixture ($15.00 total).
i don't know what happened to cause this, nor do i really care. i'm just happy that i caught it before anything else happened.
now, go check your lights!
peace all,
technoracer