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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "j"  wrote in message   
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   > ...> The connection between the two tabs broke apart. When the bulb   
   > was screwed in it pushed it's ground tab out enough to contact the   
   > other tab and send power through it's "ground" connection.   
   >   
      
   Bad grounds and intermittent connections cause the oddest symptoms.   
      
   In Army Signal Corps electronic school the instructors doctored AGC   
   glass fuses to remind us to check them with a meter, not just by   
   sight. They heated one end cap to melt the glue and pop off the cap,   
   then inserted too-short heavy bus wire and even blue ("the fuse blew")   
   paper to make it look good again. I caught the 1 Amp fuse with 12 AWG   
   wire inside it visually and went up to joke with the instructor about   
   it, then we watched most of the class pull out the phony fuses, give   
   them a puzzled look, put them back and continue troubleshooting.   
      
   jsw   
      
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