That light socket was working as an electrode boiler. An electrode boiler passes current through the water, and because of the water's electrical resistance, it heats up. They are popular in other countries with much more lenient approaches to electrical safety. The only example of an electrode boiler I know about in the US is the Vicks vaporizer.
Wow, not good! I noticed the exact same thing on one of my grandparents’ up-lights a couple years ago. I heard something weird, and when I looked into the garden bed, it was just fizzing and steaming away. I’m really glad you, and I, found those issues when we did! Also, as another commenter on here suggested, I think an O-ring would be good.
You could try wrapping the bulb with electrical tape where it will make a seal with the gasket. If you use white electrical tape it will be disguised on the bulb. I'm not sure if this will work or how well it will hold up to the weather though.
Quite similar thing happened to me when I was younger around 7 I had a incandescent par38 bulb in a lamp and I discovered if I urinated on the Bulb a bit It would make a steam cloud did a little too much and it went into the socket corroding the socket and the wires
That light socket was working as an electrode boiler. An electrode boiler passes current through the water, and because of the water's electrical resistance, it heats up. They are popular in other countries with much more lenient approaches to electrical safety. The only example of an electrode boiler I know about in the US is the Vicks vaporizer.
Wow, not good! I noticed the exact same thing on one of my grandparents’ up-lights a couple years ago. I heard something weird, and when I looked into the garden bed, it was just fizzing and steaming away. I’m really glad you, and I, found those issues when we did! Also, as another commenter on here suggested, I think an O-ring would be good.
You could try wrapping the bulb with electrical tape where it will make a seal with the gasket. If you use white electrical tape it will be disguised on the bulb. I'm not sure if this will work or how well it will hold up to the weather though.
That would probably work, but it would be very temporary. The tape would not hold up against the heat of the bulb of the exposure to the elements.
Try putting a o-ring over the threads of the bulb it should in theory seal the gap in the socket
I will.
I really don't have much problem with outdoor lighting but this is a first.
Hope you get it fixed in the next video bro so you can still have your lights at night even when it rains enjoyed the video
I have to order some parts then hopefully it can be fixed. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Quite similar thing happened to me when I was younger around 7 I had a incandescent par38 bulb in a lamp and I discovered if I urinated on the Bulb a bit It would make a steam cloud did a little too much and it went into the socket corroding the socket and the wires
OK then.
i like it
What a horrible failure!
It is indeed.
It's not ideal, but I've certainly had much worse.
@@JordanU Please elaborate.
This is not the good. It is the bad.
OK
@@JordanU OK then.
Try putting electrical tape around the bulb base and the fixture
That will not hold for long.
@@JordanU oh
@@JordanU duct tape?
That looks hella dangerous
It is extremely dangerous. I am surprised he did not unplug it way sooner.
There's nothing dangerous about it.
@@JordanU Water and electricity do not mix well. You could get electrocuted.
That's just a great way to blow your breaker