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Old 04-05-2014, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Golfingnut View Post
That's fine. It sounds like it may be the touch on touch off type lamp. If it is, it would be better to get it exchanged. If it is a conventional lamp, then it may me a short causing a power spike that is hard on the filament of a standard bulb.
Let me know.
It's a conventional lamp, two of which we have on our dining room buffet. It has an on/off knob up by the part you screw the bulb into. I think it only takes a refrigerator-type bulb. The other lamp works fine. Obviously, we've tried different bulbs.
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