Bulb turned black, but not burned out

[Rob C]

This was a new one on me. Fired up my Giant and it was flowing just fine, but it was barely visible. Lifted up the globe, and this is what I saw. The bulb was still alive and putting out enough heat, but the inside top had turned black. Obviously an easy fix with a new bulb, but I've never seen this happen before. Weird.

[Carol]

I've had plenty of bulbs do that.  Not reflectors though.  Mostly those C7 bulbs used for night lights and xmas lights.  Still barely lit but black.  Weird.  Hopefully just a bad bulb.  Did you put a new one in?  Is it running ok now? 

[Jus]

Not sure if that's a GE bulb, but can say GE customer service is real good about compensating for bad bulbs, if you write them.  Good luck!