I bought 4 GE smart bulbs back around Thanksgiving. 2 stopped talking to the internet after about 2 weeks. I went through the reset process over and over again, to no avail. They still work as regular bulbs - just really expensive regular bulbs.

A couple days ago my cat started snarling at one of my lamps. Odd thing for a cat to do.

Last night I heard a popping sound and smelled smoke. It was quiet when I got to the living room and I could not tell where the smell was coming from.

I decided to trust the cat’s sense of hearing and smell. Sure enough, the GE smart bulb in that lamp hot to the touch. Lucky it did not set the house on fire, but the plastic around the light bulb socket was melted and the metal was charred.

When I checked the socket where the fourth GE smart bulb was, I could see it had already started melting as well. I replaced both the damaged sockets with porcelain fixtures.

I moved the last remaining GE smart bulb to a socket with a switch. No more GE smart bulbs.

I am glad the cat let me know which lamp to check. I know it was just self preservation, because otherwise these GE smart bulbs would have killed us both.