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| chrisc |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 11:03:25
not a royal but its about ceramic heating.
i noticed a weird hot smell not quite the smell of something burning but similar inside ivans viv, thought it might be the bulb/holder being too close to the roof of the viv so lowered it a little turned back on an the smell started once it got warm.
the bulb rattled a little when i had it out so have got someone picking up a new one.
has anyone else had this problem??
i thought when a ceramic bulb blew it would just stop working like a light bulb
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| chrisc |
Posted - 08/02/2012 : 16:22:09
was not happy with the hot/burning smell coming from the ceramic holder so have replaced with one that screws into the roof like i have in my other vivs.
the smell has now gone just smells warm like the others with ceramics and the shop refunded the £18 i paid for it so im no longer worrying about it |
| chrisc |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 15:03:32
there was some dust in the guard where it was sat on a shelf. strange i never noticed till this morning, something must have disturbed the dust |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 13:08:20
Its dust hitting the surface of the bulb, you'll get it from time to time but its nothing more than particles of dust etc burning off. |
| chrisc |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 12:52:26
it was an old bulb. have now fitted a new one. its nearly up to temp so still running a bit hotter.
checked an there is the same smell it the other vivs that have ceramics just seemed stronger in ivans viv.
thinking maybe the viv had cooled a bit overnight an the smell is just the bulb being a bit hotter |
| n/a |
Posted - 03/02/2012 : 12:09:08
Hi, I've noticed that sort of smell from a new ceramic bulb - it's fine now though and I reckon it was just the newness/bulb coating. I haven't noticed a rattle though. |
