Warning - 12v light bulb terminal burning plastic

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edited July 2020 in Motorhomes #1

Burstner 821e 2008 

June 2020 

Spot light failure resulting in burning plastic .

The consequences could have been fatal as the bulb was one of the cab bed spots .

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  • SteveL
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    edited July 2020 #2

    There does not seem to be a photo. Is it a halogen spot? If so they are a liability and I would advise replacing with LED's. In our old Abbey there were numerous spots. They all started damaging the plastic surround. I don't know if they would ever have started a fire, but the plastic surround certainly wasn't up to the temperature they generated. I replaced them all with LED equivalents.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited July 2020 #3

    It's all too easy to replace the 10 watt halogen G4 bulbs with 20 watt which get way too hot ..... I've had similar problems in the past with my previous caravan's spot lights

  • Metheven
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    edited July 2020 #4

    On our previous caravan we changed out the halogens for LEDs, due to the heat and power usage. As red is good for the eyes and I had a couple in the garage we tried that, but had to many knocks on the door embarassed so bought all white.laughing

    Our present one has all LED lighting, cool to touch and very low wattage.

  • EasyT
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    edited July 2020 #5

    I had 4 sets of 3 halogen light units in the kitchen at home. Great for warmth in the winter or melting butter to brush over meat for grilling. Put it on the side, in a mug, under a spotlights glare and it would liquefy in no time. Replaced all with LED

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