>> 40+??????? Jeez it must be like broad daylight in your house! 40 @ 40w each
>> is 1.6kw! That's a lot of light...and max for lighting circuit is 1.2kw generally which
>> would explain the tripping.
Actually that was a slight overestimate on my behalf, there are actually 35, although the bulbs we are using are 50w, so it turns out that it is actually 35 * 50w = 1.75kw. Now, not all of those will be on at the same time, but quite a few will at night, along with a number of other lights.
We have been gradually replacing a lot of the bulbs with energy saving versions and that does seem to have at least reduced the rate at which they blow.
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