💡 Feit Electric BPQ50T4 50 Watt Halogen Bulb: Brilliant Illumination for Versatile Spaces Review

The packaging says the average lifespan is 2000 hours, but this lamp stopped working after 30 seconds. The filament isn't burned out so I don't know what's wrong with it.

Then stopped working. The lamp showed no sign of burnout, but it failed the voltmeter resistance test. I checked the lamp and got the correct voltage, so I know for sure that the problem wasn't with the lamp. These lightbulbs are garbage.

One of the few things I was able to keep from my youth was this old-fashioned table lamp. I don't know how many times that thing almost ended up in the donation basket. Do companies still use halogen lamps today? The little sticker below says to use a 12V 50W Max JC bulb. So here it is. You can use 30W, I chose 50W because the lamp has two brightness settings. This is only the second time I've replaced this bulb in almost 30 decades of owning it. Replacing a lightbulb is a little sketchy, as…

The High/Low/Off switch on my desk lamp allows this 50W or less halogen bulb to be used. This is a very useful feature. Halogen bulbs come in a variety of names that have different sized plugs/pins on the bulb. The two lamps in this pack are referred to as the T4 JC. If T4 JC is not printed or stamped anywhere on your lamp, lampshade, the original packaging or the documentation that came with your lamp, then this lamp will not fit your lamp sockets correctly. If the numbers do not match, use…