We have 2 light fittings in our living room. They are the ones where the fitting hangs down if that makes sense with a lampshade on. The switch has two knobs(?) which are dimmer switches but only one works to control both lights.
For about a year now the bulbs have been blowing in each fitting alternately. We put a new bulb in to one yesterday, this morning when turning the lights on, the opposite side bulb blew. It's almost as if it can't handle both fittings having bulbs at the same time.
We've spoken to the landlord as we are getting through a stupid amount of bulbs. Probably averaging 6 a month. She spoke to an electrician friend who said it must be the bulbs we are using. We have tried every bulb you can imagine. Cheap ones, expensive ones, low wattage, energy saving. No matter what we do they still blow. We have similar problems in the kids bedrooms, they have spotlight (I think that's what they're called) fittings which have four bulbs in. They don't blow as often but still fairly regularly.
We have had problems with electrics before but landlord told me that wiring problems wouldn't cause bulbs to blow.
So any ideas what could be happening? It's getting really frustrating now.