>I don't really know the right answer to this myself,but I seem to recall
>from a crash investigation TV program I saw,that it was exactly the other
>way around: Lit filaments tend to stretch rather than break. Cold filaments
>tend to break. It kinda made sense to me, but I can also see arguments in
>favor of what you said.

Try it with your own droplight (no pun intended).

With the bulb off, drop it a foot.  Turn it on.  It probably works.

No drop it 6" with the bulb on.

POOF!

(I'm sure you can figure out why I recommended a droplight).

Andy

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