Surrey Dave
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:15 PM |
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What Is It With Cooker Hood Bulbs!!!!
They seem to blow about once a month and take the 3 amp fuse with them.
I blame Poundland!!!
I've been told that if you fit the bulbs that have a halogen built inside they are not affected by the heat so much?
True /False ....Any offers!
[Edited on 5/3/14 by Surrey Dave]
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Smoking Frog
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:22 PM |
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I don't know about the halogen ones but I've changed mine twice in the past month, must be poor quality batch.
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T66
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:24 PM |
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New kitchen recently , new oven ......
oven bulb lasted 3 days
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steve m
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:34 PM |
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mine is still fine after 10 years,
so not sure what you lot are doing wrong
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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whitestu
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:35 PM |
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I changed mine for low energy ones in our old hood and they were still working when we binned it.
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:36 PM |
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quote:
I've been told that if you fit the bulbs that have a halogen built inside they are not affected by the heat so much?
True /False ....Any offers!
False, cooker hoods don't run hot,
they may have some vibration from a fan which would shorten the life of any bulb,
but bulb quality is the primary suspect here.
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ReMan
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 07:52 PM |
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Same problem, fit a low energy, sorted
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 08:03 PM |
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Yeah But!
I was talking about the heat from cooking not the cooker hood itself.
Perhaps the halogen looking ones are sturdier in construction?
Anyway I'll give the low energy bulbs a go , but they probably won't reach full brightness until I've finished cooking
Cheers Chaps
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mcerd1
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 08:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Surrey Dave
I was talking about the heat from cooking not the cooker hood itself.
its still not that hot - if it was you would be getting cooked while you stirred your dinner 
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McLannahan
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 08:55 PM |
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I fitted GU10 LED versions in our old hood. Lasted at least two years and were still working when we moved out! Just cheap ones of eBay, nothing
fancy!
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jossey
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 08:55 PM |
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Get an led bulb I put a strip led light in mine after similar issues
Thanks
David Johnson
Building my tiger avon slowly but surely.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 09:10 PM |
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Modern Man
This really is a topic involving modern men, cooker hood bulbs!!!
I'll be starting a poll next to see what the favourite oil is for stir fry!!!
I use Morrison's stir fry oil + a bit of toasted sesame seed oil & soy sauce.................................
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loggyboy
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 09:21 PM |
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I went for some cheap led ones ftom ebay, but the standard transformer didnt like them. I could replace the transformer, but I just put 1 standard
bulb and 1 led in, which added enough load to make the leds work.
Mistral Motorsport
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steve m
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 09:36 PM |
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Modern Man
This really is a topic involving modern men, cooker hood bulbs!!!
I'll be starting a poll next to see what the favourite oil is for stir fry!!!
I use Morrison's stir fry oil + a bit of toasted sesame seed oil & soy sauce.................................
I will ask the WIFE
hang on...........
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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Scuzzle
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 09:43 PM |
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Are you remembering to wipe your fingerprints off the bulb after you have fitted them, the oil left by your fingertips blows halogen bulbs prematurely
so I usually grab a bit of kitchen roll and grasp the bulb through this when fitting.
Poundland bulbs are OK, I have 4x GU10 bulbs in my bathroom ceiling that have lasted years and was £1 for a pair when Homebase was nearer £6 a pair.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 5/3/14 at 11:03 PM |
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No point wiping them, it still leaves the residue, you need to put them in using gloved or cloth covered fingers. That said, wouldn't expect a
cooler hood to use bulbs that high tech temp as its sat in the greasiest place in the kitchen. I'd suggest a dodgy set of cheap bulbs, followed
by dodgy connectors/connection, followed by excessive vibration from the fan. I've replaced one of the 2 bulbs in 5 years at our house and we
have shocking voltage control locally (voltage varies from 210-255v several times daily.
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/3/14 at 04:10 PM |
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You need to wipe halogen bulbs with some meths to clean them. Our cooker hood bulb went 10 years ago and you soon get used to not having one. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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