I have four ceiling fixtures each containing four MR16 bulbs and fixtures. In the last few months, five of the light bulbs have stopped functioning, and changing out the bulbs has not worked. I figured the sockets burned out.<\/p>\n
The fixtures are only a couple of years old, and we almost didn’t buy them cuz they were the most expensive fixtures we bought during our reno, at $250 each. <\/p>\n
So I asked my neighbor, a Local 3 electrician, to have a look and replace all the sockets if need be. <\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have four ceiling fixtures each containing four MR16 bulbs and fixtures. In the last few months, five of the light bulbs have stopped functioning, and changing out the bulbs has not worked. I figured the sockets burned out. The fixtures are only a couple of years old, and we almost didn’t buy them cuz…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-44217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lighting"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/low-voltage-hal\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Low Voltage Halogen Fixtures a Fire Hazard?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/low-voltage-hal\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/low-voltage-hal\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Lighting","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"denton"}],"creator":["denton"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-05-14T18:59:22Z","datePublished":"2010-05-14T18:59:22Z","dateModified":"2010-05-22T17:09:39Z"},"rendered":"