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Posted by tmurf.1@juno.com on May 21, 2008, 1:41 pm
On May 21, 12:26=A0pm, letter...@invalid.com wrote:
> I like followups on here. =A0This is mine.
>
> A while ago I posted that my yard light suddenly quit. =A0Not the usual
> dying bulb syndrome, where the light gets dimmer until one day it just
> wont light. =A0Mine quit and that was it, =A0A new bulb and new sensor did=
> not fix it. =A0I finally convinced myself to go up the pole (I hate
> heights). =A0Several months of stumbling around in the dark was getting
> tiring. =A0I bought a complete new fixture and replaced it. =A0I now have
> light again, and it's brighter than the old one (same wattage bulb).
>
> Anyhow, I found the problem with the old one. =A0One of the wires inside
> the fixture that goes to the socket for the sensor had come loose.
> How in the heck that happened is beyond me. =A0That fixture has been up
> there for 8 years, the wind might shake the whole fixture, but not the
> individual wires inside. =A0Although there was a huge blob of dead bugs
> inside, so maybe the weight of all that crud did it. =A0I have not yet
> figured out if that wire is molded to the socket or if there are
> screws. =A0I'm waiting until I get my air compressor back (from a
> friend) so I can blow out all the crud and see what's in there.
>
> I never would have suspected this !!!!
I put two GE flood lights in my back yard 29 years ago. One of them
burned out last year the other original is still working. What am I
doing wrong?
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