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Hi all,
25 year electrician here with a strange (to me) issue.
I have a science project lamp that has a dimmer, a volt meter and a socket with a bulb in it. The kids can turn on the bulb, rotate the dimmer and watch the voltage go up and down on the meter. Simple enough.
Every dimmable bulb (including LED's) I have put in it works perfectly. Until now.
Lowes sells a large globe vintage style General Electric LED bulb and I purchased one. Long story short, It will not light up in this circuit for some reason. This bulb works in every other lamp I tried it in, the bulb is fine.
I eliminated the socket as the problem by jumping the wires straight to the bulb and still nothing.
I tried a similar LED bulb, same style, design and it works. Every other bulb in the house works in this circuit except the one I just bought.
Can anyone explain this to me?
25 year electrician here with a strange (to me) issue.
I have a science project lamp that has a dimmer, a volt meter and a socket with a bulb in it. The kids can turn on the bulb, rotate the dimmer and watch the voltage go up and down on the meter. Simple enough.
Every dimmable bulb (including LED's) I have put in it works perfectly. Until now.
Lowes sells a large globe vintage style General Electric LED bulb and I purchased one. Long story short, It will not light up in this circuit for some reason. This bulb works in every other lamp I tried it in, the bulb is fine.
I eliminated the socket as the problem by jumping the wires straight to the bulb and still nothing.
I tried a similar LED bulb, same style, design and it works. Every other bulb in the house works in this circuit except the one I just bought.
Can anyone explain this to me?