Recent content by jbsue

Had the same problem myself. Try dipping the lamp base in BRASSO and then work it around it the socket. If this works, it means the socket contacts have burned off or wore off the silver or gold plating and have tarnished and don't conduct electricity anymore. I like the Ushio C3A base for...

Consider this an interim report. We are now several months down the road, and we have at least partially solved the problem, and we think we understand what caused it in the first place. First, there were three sockets that we replaced with a sylvania socket, a ushio socket and an etc 750...

You wouldn't throw out a $5 stage pin connector just because it wasn't making a good connection in its receptacle anymore. You'd spread its pins and fix it--at least I would and I suspect you would too. For similar reasons, there's no point in throwing out a $15 TP22 socket just because the...

We have a set of 8 yr old Altman Shakespeares that we’ve never done anything to or with that was more complicated than changing the lamps. Ditto for a set of six-year old Strand ellipsoidals, but not so for our set of 62 six-year old source fours. For the last couple of years, a couple of...