Two of my cheap Smith Victor 1500-Watt Thrifty Photofloods just flashed once and went off. Before I get into the details, my question is why did they do that? I don't want to do the same thing with my other light.
The details:
There is a bunch of stuff plugged in to different outlets in the room. The tv, vcr, dvd player, and comcast cable box are all plugged in to a surge protector that is plugged into the wall outlet. i then plugged one of my lights into that same wall outlet. across the room there is a lamp and two laptops plugged into another surge protector that is plugged into a different wall outlet. I plugged my second light into that wall outlet.
The lights worked fine at first. Then I turned them off for awhile so I could get everything I needed. I plugged my video camera into the tv and then turned one of my lights on, which is when it flashed once and burnt out. I figured it was a light bulb problem so I turned on my other one. Same thing.
Everything else (the tv, the lamp, the vcr, etc.) still work-just not the lights. Any ideas why and how to prevent this from happening again?
If I left anything out or you have any questions let me know. Thanks in advance. |
