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1. Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:10:37 -0500; Friend of mine is having a rough time with light bulbs in his living room. We've gone through a few things to try and we're coming up dark. His next step is to call the elctric company and see what t; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00122.html (8,830 bytes)
2. RE: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:33:57 -0800; One possible cause of this is inadequate neutral wiring (or a bad connection in the neutral). Most homes in the US (including house trailers) are wired for 220v single phase, which means all the 110; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00123.html (9,222 bytes)
3. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Kevin Sullivan <kevins@khoral.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:42:04 -0700 (MST); What's the voltage at the lighting fixture? Does it ever change, for example when another appliance is turned on or off? -- Kevin Sullivan kevins@khoral.com Khoral Research Inc. Albuquerque NM USA 19; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00125.html (8,118 bytes)
4. RE: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:50:02 -0500; Along these lines, I had a problem with short bulb life in a light fixture in my current house. Started measuring voltage and discovered that it was low. Traced the wiring to a light fixture/junction; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00127.html (8,481 bytes)
5. RE: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:57:47 -0800; Check the voltage at the fixtures. Ken Friend of mine is having a rough time with light bulbs in his living room. We've gone through a few things to try and we're coming up dark. His next step is to; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00128.html (9,294 bytes)
6. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@bayarea.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:09:16 -0800; I believe, really digging at the memory trough here, that a loose or inadequate neutral will do this. Check the fixture, or more likely the junction box for that branch. jim /// unsubscribe/change ad; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00135.html (7,985 bytes)
7. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Martin Scarr <martins@efn.org>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:12:10 -0800 (PST); If this is an OLD trailer, it could have aluminum wire for the lighting and plug circuits. They were notorious for bad connections. Martin Scarr /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@a; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00139.html (8,062 bytes)
8. RE: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:58:50 -0500; Corrosion and/or a loose twisty is my current top lead. <yuk yuk yuk> I told him to trace down all the wiring splices he could find and redo the connectors. Told him it was his homework project for t; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00141.html (8,981 bytes)
9. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:56:59 -0500; I forget the actual number, but it's the same throughout the house. The lights do sometimes dim a little when the (electric) oven kicks in but I really didn't pay that much attention because that's a; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00142.html (8,195 bytes)
10. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 20:00:07 -0500; So, what would make the voltage in the one room too high? As I said, I don't remember the actual voltage but when I was other there last week, it didn't jump out at me as too high. But if the voltage; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00143.html (8,258 bytes)
11. RE: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:02:21 -0800; Dimming a little won't hurt an ordinary incandescent bulb, in fact it makes them last longer. (A 220v bulb run on 110v will last almost forever. Lousy efficiency tho.) Flourescents and halogens are; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00145.html (8,137 bytes)
12. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Susan and Mark Miller <marknsuz@pacbell.net>; Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:49:29 -0800; The voltage is the difference between the line and its return. In a house wired for 220/240 VAC single split phase this is typically one of the two phases and the neutral. The neutral is also typical; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00146.html (9,516 bytes)
13. Re: Light Bulb Dilemma (score: 1): Author: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:24:54 -0500; Already thought of that one. Copper. Good one though. It didn't occur to me until a few days after I went over and looked at it.... :-) At 19:12 02/20/2002, Martin Scarr was inspired to say: Cheers!; /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00147.html (8,229 bytes)

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