Ceramic Bulb Making Popping Noise

There is an area about 15x15 inches that makes a crackling noise when you step on it.

Ceramic bulb making popping noise. It s actually the result of something called crazing which is a pottery defect that happens to new pottery that is under tension. One common pottery issue is you ll hear a pinging sound and you might wonder what that is. When i remove a bulb and place it next to my ear the ticking sound continues for about five seconds then slowly fades away to nothing. It seems like i am always replacing light bulbs in this thing and they always seem to make a bit of a crackling noise and brighten and dim on their own frequently.

It is the noise you make when you gently tap your finger on the top of a keyboard button. I am not completely sure of the method these bulbs use to rectify a low dc current for the led but theoretically even a switching supply shouldn t be making noise. My house was built in 1956. Led bulb popping noise posted by thib a doe tiger on 2 27 18 at 8 07 pm to fallguy 1978 dimmer in bedroom but the mud room doesn t.

Snapping hip syndrome sometimes called dancer s hip is a condition in which you hear a snapping sound or feel a snapping sensation in your hip when you walk run get up from a chair or swing. The bulb consists of an assemblage of parts made from different materials metal glass plastic that have differing coefficients of thermal expansion. It really makes a loud crackling noise so i am afraid to have the light turned on. I have a ceiling fan with a light fixture in the extra bedroom i use as an office.

I have owned it since 2012. The parts touch each other but might here and there be. It is the original tile with no signs of repair or cracks in the tile or grout. They usually will make a little pop as you turn them on or just after the don t keep popping.

Each of the 20 bulbs 5 per fitting emits this sound and they are in sync with each other at each fitting. It really shouldn t be making noise.