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1. 
   alwaysoverbudget | Jul 18, 2009 12:04am | #1

   well i would unscrew the bulb and very carefully reach in there with a volt meter and see what the voltage is, something in the 115-125 range. if you have that then i would buy me a new 13v bulb and try again.

    

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   PaulBinCT | Jul 18, 2009 12:05am | #2

   Need lots more detail if you want a meaningful answer... reconnected as in wired a fixture into the house wiring? Maybe you connected it so you're getting 220 instead of 110.  Or is it a halogen type fixture?  Maybe it's supposed to be 12V and you din't use a transformer.  Lots of possibilities, give us more info?

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3. 
   DanH | Jul 18, 2009 01:47am | #3

   Aside from putting the wrong bulb in a low-voltage lamp, the possible causes are:

   -- "Floating neutral"
   -- High line voltage
   -- Vibration
   -- Poor socket contact
   -- Overheating (if the bulb is tightly enclosed and perhaps too large for the fixture)

   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz