Thanks Bill. I will try this out.
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
> > Thanks,
> > GB --
>
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