My most memorable one happened in December 2020, it was a typical working week morning, I was in the shower, it was about 6:30am.
I heard a scream from the kitchen, (not an absolute fear scream), but that scream women do when something makes them jump! 🤣
Getting down stairs I met the missus in the kitchen with a dazed and confused look on her face!
She said there was a loud, electrical pop, a bright flash of blue from the top of the kitchen units, and some form of projectile shoot across the kitchen ceiling!
She then looked back to the point of the flash to see a small plume of smoke rising up above the top of the units! 🤨
The culprit?, I have 12, GU10, LED lamps at the top of the kitchen units, mounted on their side that throws light across the ceiling creating a neat up lighting effect, and it was one of these ‘mini cannons’ that was the cause!
After taking the thing apart, I found one of the capacitors exploded, with all that stringy hairy stuff protruding from the bottom like the rocket flames from Saturn 5! 🤣🤣🤣
This explosion was enough to forcefully eject the plastic cover from the lamp, and send it across the kitchen at questionable speed! 🤪
I’ve never had such an EOL on any other lamp in the house!