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Permalink Reply by Doug on December 2, 2009 at 2:28pm

There's no one answer, because there's several different types of glass. Different ingredients, different amounts of ingredients, means different melting points.

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Permalink Reply by Capt.Jocelyn Chiasson on December 2, 2009 at 2:31pm

477 deg fahrenheit approx.
source:
kirk's fire investigation 4th edition p.123
(data is shown as courtesy of GE lighting)

but Doug is right different type of glass and ingredient . ect... will have different melting points
but this should give you a close idea of the heat need for melting a light bulbs

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