We’ve been without proper lighting in the second floor hallway for like three months now due to the ongoing light bulb saga. As it turns out, raising the white flag on the LED bulbs by switching back to fluorescent bulbs still didn’t shield me from problems.
Apparently there are three types of G24Q bulbs – type 1, type 2 and type 3. Each has it’s own subtle little differences in the base (look at the little nibs on the diagram below from LightSearch.com) – and if you get the wrong one you’re screwed (although they are a “push in” and not a “screw” base).
image from LightSearch.com
The ones I ordered from Amazon were a “type 1” and apparently my light fixture is anything but a type 1. Somewhere out there are product designers smarter than me who felt it necessary to not land on a universal standard.
I think the LED bulbs I had were universal though, fitting any type of socket, and that is why the readily fit the light fixture.
Now I have to figure out which type bulb socket I have and then order new ones.
Here’s a handy guide from LightSearch.com
http://www.lightsearch.com/resources/lightguides/cfllampid.html
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