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On Apr 19, 10:15 pm, "Chaviva" <chaviv...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "mc" <l...@www.ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote in message
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> > "Chaviva" <chaviv...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:KXVVh.8$RX.7@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net...
> >>I got a drop of cold tap water on a hot bulb over the bathroom sink (25
> >>watt globe) and it popped.
> >> I replaced the bulb, and now that one bulb doesn't work. I tried another
> >> bulb, it is not the bulb. There are three others on that strip over the
> >> mirror that work fine still.
> >> Is this something I would need a professional for, or something we can do
> >> ourselves?
> >> My husband is handy around the house, but he doesn't know what could be
> >> causing it to not work.
> >> Any advice appreciated.
> >> Chaviva
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> > You say "that one bulb doesn't work" but I think you mean "any bulb in
> > that socket doesn't work."
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> > With the power to that light turned off at the circuit breaker box, try
> > cleaning the contacts in the socket (where the bulb screws in and makes
> > contact). Use sandpaper.
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> Yes, thank you.. that is what I meant. I didn't know what the thing was
> called that you put the bulb into!
> I will tell him and we'll try that, thank you,
TURN THE POWER OFF IF YOU DO THIS!!! Not just via the switch, but at
the circuit breaker.
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Re: Lightbulb popped, now won't work
