Bill,
I took your advise and cleaned the piece in the center of the socket and raised the tab up. It has rivets holding the socket to the wires but it seems to be no way to open to the wires underneath the socket unless I take a utility knife to go along the crease. Maybe it is not worth fixing. There does not seem to be any corrosion. When I put a bulb in, the light will not go on. However, if I unloosen the bulb a little, it will go on for a second but will not stay on. I twist it slightly in this area back and forth but it will not stay on more than a second in any position but just flicker.
Thanks,
GB
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, OOWONBS@... wrote:
>
> Hmmm... It depends. Sometimes hamm-fisted folks
> screw a bulb into a socket too hard or too often.
> The center of the socket can become corroded or
> depressed. It normally is a tad springy & is
> 1/16th" - 1/8th" above the bottom of the socket.
>
> UNPLUG THE LIGHT and
> You can easily BUT GENTLY lift this with a screwdriver
> or a bent paperclip. Do not overdo this. BEFORE you
> do this, if it is not shiny at all, a pencil eraser will shine
> it up a bit, usually. Depends on the brass compound %'s.
> (May not be brass, but clean this.)
>
> If it screws in difficultly, I use a candle. Birthday, etc.
> Wax. Not much. Just a tad on the socket or better,
> the bulb. Pencil graphite is a small risk. While wax is
> a lubricant, it does not conduct. Graphite does, but
> is somewhat resistive and can get hot & heat the
> socket. Less, is more - but a tad might assist.
>
> White is corrosion on the silver-ish socket.
> Not worth fixing, but cleanable. Hassle!
>
> There may be 2 screws or 2 rivets at the bottom
> of the socket. If there is black around 1, you might
> clean up everything if there are screws. I mean,
> remove screws, wires, cut wires each back 1".
> Start fresh. THIS, if such, *sometimes* yields a
> faint crackle to the ear, with a regular incandescent
> bulb, when the socket gets hot, or sooner. Some
> new florescent bulbs are cheap crap. Some say,
> Hecho en China. $1 or $4, there may or may not
> be a dif. May the force be with you, just in case.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving, Canadians...
>
> BillSF9c
>
> BillSF9c
>
> Posted by: "Ray Kornele" krazykyngekorny
> > Replace it. It's not a difficult job.
> KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
>
> greatyoga wrote:
> >> Maybe I have a bad socket too. Is there a way to revive the socket?
> > Thanks,
> > GB --
>
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