XPost: misc.consumers.frugal-living   
   From: mung_me@att.net   
      
   On 6/1/2012 8:56 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "j"  wrote in message   
   > news:jqautc$2sd$1@news.albasani.net...   
   >> ...>  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.   
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   > Bad grounds and intermittent connections cause the oddest symptoms.   
      
   They do indeed.   
      
      
   > 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.   
      
   Nice trick on their part. As you know, it's not unusual to get a bad   
   joint in the fuse end caps.   
      
     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.   
      
   People make a lot of assumptions that they could simply check out   
   instead. Often leads to wasted time and money.   
      
   I knew this was a bad connection somewhere. As it turns out, two bad   
   connections.   
      
   Jeff   
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