XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   j wrote:   
   > The spare bath in my house was added in the '60s. There is a fixture   
   > over the sink with a double light socket, one faces left and one faces   
   > right,it's one piece. Common at one time.   
   >   
   > So today I wanted to put a fan in this otherwise unused bathroom. I   
   > got an edison base adapter and screwed it in one of the sockets.   
   > Plugged in the fan and nothing. Didn't matter how it was switched. So   
   > I went off to get a bulb to test the other socket. When I screw in   
   > the bulb, it does not light but the fan goes on. The fan seems to be   
   > fine and the bulb is completely dark. Unscrew the bulb and the fan   
   > turns off.   
   > WTF!   
   >   
   > Who cares to gamble a wild ass guess?   
   >   
   > Obviously the fixture has to go! But very strange.   
   >   
      
   Maybe you have a 220V circuit with 2 110V bulbs wired in series.   
      
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