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Bulb flickers

9 years ago

Hi
I put a wrong bulb w.rt size into my light fixture (that holds 4 bulbs) in the restroom. The wrong bulb immediately fused. THen immediately i switched off the light and removed the wrong bulb. The fixture only had one working bulb to start off with initially and now that bulb keeps flickering. I tried putting another good compatible bulb into another socket and that flickers as well. Each socket needs a max 100W type A bulb. Could you please advice me to fix it?

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kudzu9
9 years ago
This could be more than a bulb problem. You could have a bad connection or defective grounding. Have someone with electrical knowledge check it out. If this isn't just a bulb problem, it could pose a dangerous shock hazard or start a fire.
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