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 the week.... :-)
I did give him a box of "real" twisties (with metal threads). His
garage/shop was full of plastic-only ones...
At 11:50 02/20/2002, Mullen, Tim was inspired to say:
>From: Randall Young [mailto:ryoung@navcomtech.com]
> >
> > One possible cause of this is inadequate neutral wiring (or
> > a bad connection in the neutral).
>
>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 box in
>another room (the utility room) that had a loose connection in one of
>the twist-on-connectors.
>
>Cleaned off the wires and installed a new connectors, and haven't
>had another problem. Took me quite a while to find the problem
>though...
>
>Tim Mullen
>
>Chantilly, VA
Cheers!
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