So i Came into possession of a new Feit TuffKote 100w rough service lamp and when i turned it on for about a minute somethig started smokign and i killed the power. I tried again a bit later and the same thing happened Any reason why this is?

Most commonly from contamination/dust/residue. Be sure it is away from flammable materials.

Clean the lamp with isopropanol, let it dry fully, and try again.

Most commonly from contamination/dust/residue. Be sure it is away from flammable materials.

Clean the lamp with isopropanol, let it dry fully, and try again.

Its new out of the box. It is a rough service lamp with a rubber coating so that probably it. Will try and clean it.

It seems there is something defective on this lamp.
Could be wrong material fro the "rubber" sleeve (I doubt there could be anything else than a silicone, due to the heat exposure). Or its processing was faulty, so the components haven't reacted properly how they should.

To be honest, what is strange for me is using ANY rubber, even silicone, on a thing like an incandescent. Are you sure it is really intended to stay on the bulb for its service (and isn't there just to provide handling protection but it should be removed on installation)?

It seems there is something defective on this lamp.
Could be wrong material fro the "rubber" sleeve (I doubt there could be anything else than a silicone, due to the heat exposure). Or its processing was faulty, so the components haven't reacted properly how they should.

To be honest, what is strange for me is using ANY rubber, even silicone, on a thing like an incandescent. Are you sure it is really intended to stay on the bulb for its service (and isn't there just to provide handling protection but it should be removed on installation)?

Yeah its supposed to stay on, the box says nothing about removing it and Its there that if you drop the bulb it dosnt' explode into thousands of pieces of glass it just sorta malformes like car front windshield glass.

Is it in an enclosed luminaire or used with a reflector that refelects some light back on the lamp ?

Is it in an enclosed luminaire or used with a reflector that refelects some light back on the lamp ?

no i tested it in an open light.

So it gets either heavilycontaminated during handling, or the sleeve material is deffective...