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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "j"  wrote in message   
   news:jq8itp$oj0$1@news.albasani.net...   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   Jeff   
      
   Maybe the torque on the bulb wiggles a poor connection.   
      
   jsw   
      
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