I ended up going down a rabbit hole last night when I picked up a fixture and it rattled. Opening it up, I noticed that the metal shell around the ceramic at the base of the lamp was not quite as full of ceramic as I remembered.
Opening up some freshly ordered lamps, I noticed the same thing on the new ones too. Compared to one of my older GLEs, I'm just curious if these are okay to use, or likely to hit an early end. I'm waiting for my dealer to call me back, so decided to ask the collective wisdom of the internets. And it turned out my rattling bits were clear glass not white ceramic, so I need to figure out what went wrong in that 6x9.
Good lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0184.JPG
First lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0178.JPG
Second lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0180.JPG
Third lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0182.JPG
Opening up some freshly ordered lamps, I noticed the same thing on the new ones too. Compared to one of my older GLEs, I'm just curious if these are okay to use, or likely to hit an early end. I'm waiting for my dealer to call me back, so decided to ask the collective wisdom of the internets. And it turned out my rattling bits were clear glass not white ceramic, so I need to figure out what went wrong in that 6x9.
Good lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0184.JPG
First lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0178.JPG
Second lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0180.JPG
Third lamp:
http://boyle.che.rpi.edu/~healer/GLE/IMG_0182.JPG