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I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them had a
strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were still burning.
What would cause this?

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Gary and Karla wrote:
> I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them had a
> strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were still burning.
> What would cause this?


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The last human to touch the lamps had been eating potato chips (or
something simila). Honest :-)

'Curly'

"motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:41EC8535.4080604@interbaun.com:

> Gary and Karla wrote:
>> I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them
>> had a strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were
>> still burning. What would cause this?
>
>
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> The last human to touch the lamps




Last "human"? Not counting aliens here, are you?



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"TeGGer®" wrote:
>
> "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in
> news:41EC8535.4080604@interbaun.com:
>
> > Gary and Karla wrote:
> >> I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them
> >> had a strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were
> >> still burning. What would cause this?
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> > The last human to touch the lamps
>
> Last "human"? Not counting aliens here, are you?
>

Every alien I know is allergic to potato chips, so we can count them
out.

Randolph <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in news:41EC97A3.4C99F78D@junkmail.com:

>
> "TeGGer®" wrote:
>>

>>
>> Last "human"? Not counting aliens here, are you?
>>
>
> Every alien I know is allergic to potato chips, so we can count them
> out.
>


:^)

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"Gary and Karla" <klawre@alltel.net> wrote in
news:gNYGd.425$811.148@fe61.usenetserver.com:

> I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them
> had a strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were
> still burning. What would cause this?
>

The bulb installer left oils from their skin on the bulb from touching
it.The oils carbonize from the heat,and then get the quartz glass even
hotter,it creats a hot spot melting the glass.

That is why one should use gloves or a paper towel/cloth to hold the bulb
when installing halogen lamps.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in message
news:41EC97A3.4C99F78D@junkmail.com...
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> "TeGGer®" wrote:
>>
>> "motsco_ _" <"motsco_ _"@interbaun.com> wrote in
>> news:41EC8535.4080604@interbaun.com:
>>
>> > Gary and Karla wrote:
>> >> I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them
>> >> had a strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were
>> >> still burning. What would cause this?
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------------------
>> > The last human to touch the lamps
>>
>> Last "human"? Not counting aliens here, are you?
>>
>
> Every alien I know is allergic to potato chips, so we can count them
> out.
The mystery deepens.... Must be a human masquerading as an alien.

Mike

Jim is correct, as well as motsco. In high school, many years ago, I was on
stage crew, and if you touched the FOH, (Front of House) lights they bulbed
out. We called it Silzerizing, after a teacher who had a rather large noze.

Dan

"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov.> wrote in message
news:Xns95E26C2F99A17jyanikkuanet@129.250.170.84.. .
> "Gary and Karla" <klawre@alltel.net> wrote in
> news:gNYGd.425$811.148@fe61.usenetserver.com:
>
> > I just replaced both low beam headlight bulbs. 98 accord.Both of them
> > had a strange bubble protrusion from the side of the bulb but were
> > still burning. What would cause this?
> >
>
> The bulb installer left oils from their skin on the bulb from touching
> it.The oils carbonize from the heat,and then get the quartz glass even
> hotter,it creats a hot spot melting the glass.
>
> That is why one should use gloves or a paper towel/cloth to hold the bulb
> when installing halogen lamps.
>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net