perplexing lightbulb situation. changing a bulb.

[vash]

new to me house.

it has some Nutone hood vent. it looks nice, and appears fairly powerful.

it has two screw in light bulbs. looks like a standard bulb, only clear and smaller. one was burned out. i told myself, "oh, i got this". changed the bulb. no workie. as a matter of fact the other one burned out as well.

i changed both and failed. no light.

i took a giant regular sized incandecent bulb, screwed it in. and it works. the lady left a few florescent bulbs, and they work. i climbed up on a ladder screwed in the applicance bulbs i thought were burned out and they work.

something about that hood vent wont let the small clear bulbs work.

this barely seems like a viable reason to shuttle the thing out the back door and to buy a Vent-a-hood..but i cant wrap my mind around it.

so in summary. every bulb is good. the appliance bulbs dont work in the applicance. non applicance bulbs work in the hood.

[red-beard]

Check the bottom of the edison fixture to see if the spring contact is bent. Make sure the power is off first!

[pwd72s]

Maybe try garage door opener bulbs? After checking contact, of course.

[craigster59]

Every hood I've put them in used 40w appliance bulbs.....

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[vash]

Haha.


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[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Check the bottom of the edison fixture to see if the spring contact is bent. Make sure the power is off first!

What James said... sometimes people get over enthused and go gorilla when screwing down a bulb or over time they get smashed down.

My method is to reach in with a small pair of needle nose pliers and pull the the center tab up a little bit

Just to reiterate... Make sure the power is off first!

[djmcmath]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Just to reiterate... Make sure the power is off first!

+1, with a tiny recommendation and a short story.

Recommendation: Get a volt meter. $15 at Home Depot, yellow, with red and black leads. You'll be able to poke into the socket and make sure it's dead, before it makes sure you're dead.

Short Story: I was rewiring the ancient electrical in my even more ancient house. I could trace wires from basement lights through a junction box back to the breaker panel. I need to de-energize the junction box, so I stood at the breaker panel and flipped unlabeled breakers until the lights went out. Then I went into the junction box, assuming that since downstream lights had gone out when I opened the breaker, it was dead. I found out a couple of minutes later that a previous electrician had run two separate power sources through that junction box, only one of which powered the basement lights. Bright flash of light, loud bang, and me with a double of whiskey on the couch, thanking my lucky stars that I was still alive. Moral: Just because a circuit looks dead doesn't mean it is.

Dan

[vash]

Thanks. I thought I turned dumb or something. (I'll leave door opened)


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[jwhcars]

Sorry but djmcmath story gave me a chuckle lol. Been there done that & learned my lesson.

[bickyd]

simple rule.... test before touch...ALWAYS.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by vash

Thanks. I thought I turned dumb or something. (I'll leave door opened)


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Or you may just pull the thing down, they usually have a plug for the light/fan to the 120 in the box.

[atcjorg]

your in management right?

[vash]

Originally Posted by atcjorg

your in management right?

No. And scared of elec from a dumb teen move. If I was management I wouldn't have asked for help and be dead. Or I would have plugged a desk lamp in next to the stove.

Thanks.


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[vash]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Check the bottom of the edison fixture to see if the spring contact is bent. Make sure the power is off first!

Thanks RB


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