Porch light blowing bulbs?

[wildwolfproducts]

Anyone else having this issue? Our 2012 Key largo blows this bulb every time we turn around. Think this is 4 bulbs in 19 days of use. I know some have changed this whole deal out, but just trying to figure out why it keeps shooting the bulb? Always turns it white and even had a small spot that was melted on the lenses the first time one bit the dust.

Pete

 

[cpl0199]

Yes I have replaced three on my 2012 bc

 

[Speedy]

If you are getting hot spots on the bulbs thaat blow you have a moisture problem or oils from installing it. These 1141 run quite hot and take very little to cause them to blow.

 

[joet]

The porch light bulbs are constantly burning out on our 2011 Cyclone. I measured the voltage out of the converter & am getting 14.6 volts which is beyond the tolerance of 13.6 +/- 3v. HOWEVER, I neglected to disconnect the positive lead from the converter before measuring it, so I have to go back to where it is stored (2hr drive from home) & measure again with the wire disconnected. Even so, I am leaning toward too high of voltage being applied to that bulb.

 

[cookie]

I would lean more toward heat being the problem. One thing that can cause excess heat is oil from the fingers on the bulb. Another cause would be a fixture that has no ventilation. But that might create other problems, like corrosion from water.
+/- 3v on 13.6 would be in the range of 10.6v to 16.3v so I do not think you are getting too much voltage to that bulb if the converter is running normally.

Peace
Dave

 

[PUG]

I got tired of changing bulbs so I installed a kerosene powered kon-tiki torch so I do now is light it at night and add more kerosene every day. easy gets bugs too.

 

[boatto5er]

Get one of the LED replacement fixtures and solve the whole problem.

 

[jayc]

I replaced mine with the LED fixture. It's ver nice to have the porch light come on when walking up to the trailer.

I also recently found out that it works when a deer walked by.