Melting Lense?

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:17 am

I'm having trouble the last few months keeping the lense in the lights in the bathroom. Apparently the bulb gets so hot it softens the lense to the point it doesn't maintain enough tension to stay in the light fixture. As far as I know I haven't changed the type bulbs.

I called BF, but no help. They didn't know what type of bulbs I should be using and they didn't maintain extra lense.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a different bulb that might burn cooler, even if less bright?

Thank you

lassen · Post by **lassen** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:26 pm

Brent.....My guess is that its probably the ballast and not the bulb creating the heat.

Jack

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:07 pm

ballast??

bcope01 · Post by **bcope01** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:36 pm

More likely the bulb if it is like the one in my 2004 BF BFT bath - a halogen. Halogen bulbs run hot, the higher the wattage, the hotter the bulb.

Bill

lassen · Post by **lassen** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:56 am

My bathroom light is a fluorescent.

bcope01 · Post by **bcope01** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:52 am

Brent:

Probably should have asked this in the first place - What kind of light do you have?

Bill

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:03 pm

Hi Bill,
I appreciate your effort and patience in helping me. This is a positive thing about the BF club.

My light is not a florescent, just a bulb.