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Light bulbs usually do not shatter when they are turned on. If they change temperature rapidly from hot to cold then this could happen. The usual scenario is that they get splashed with cold water from another source. This rapid change in operating temperature of the glass globe causes the glass globe around the filament to contract and burst. When the atmosphere hits the hot filament it literally burns up and the light bulb goes out.
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∙ 14y agoI would guess some element/chemical tries to get to the heat trapped inside the light-bulb and the glass explodes.
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