100 watts fog light keeps burning out

[Denali132]

I bought a set of 100 watt foglight bulbs to put in my Escalade after about a day they burn out. I bought them off of eBay and they only cost like $8. Is it that they are cheap bulbs or can they not handle 100 watt bulbs. I have put 2 sets in both the same make and they all went out. Street Glow has a set of 100 watt bulbs that cost from $20 up to $40 do you think they would work better? How many watts are the factory foglight bulbs?
Any help
Thanks

 

[Yuk_Nali_6.0]

Yep too many watts.

 

[zach2011]

Yeah, that's a LOT. Were they the pure white bulbs you showed me, or the yellow ones?

 

[Denali132]

both the yellow and the pure white they both burned out. Do you know how many watts the factory fogs are? I looked to try and find out but I can't. Oh I forgot to look to see where I bought those 194's for my Esky Zach I will look now and if I still have it I will send it to you. I want pure white fogs but might have to go with like 45 watt ones.

---------- Post added at 12:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 AM ----------

Zach I just emailed you the 194's that I have in my Escalade

 

[williajj]

Do you know how many watts the factory fogs are?

The factory bulbs are 27 watts... 100 is WAY too many. Did your housings melt at all?

 

[Denali132]

No luckily they did not melt, thanks for the help

 

[Mgyver1]

not only can the housings melt but the wires powering the lights aren't designed to handle that many amps. I'm surprised it didn't blow a fuse.

 

[zach2011]

Yeah you're very lucky! Thanks for the email about the bulbs. Funny thing is, I have those exact ones and they also didn't work. I didn't get them from the same seller but they look just like those.

 

[Modded]

If you guys are referring to the Putco fog bulbs by any chance, I used to have them and they worked fine, got real hot though!
So hot that when I removed them to go a different route the filaments inside snapped due to weakening from heat.
BS design to me......

 

[91RS]

That is way to much for wiring to handle. If you really need that much output, get an HID kit.