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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff1946" data-source="post: 499981" data-attributes="member: 28452"><p>The contacts in the bottom of the lamp holders are often made with a bit of springy metal.</p><p></p><p>If they are that type they become squashed over time and then don't quite contact a new lamp. It is then possible to prise the contact up again, very carefully, just a millimetre or so, using a small screwdriver. </p><p></p><p>I'm a bit reluctant to suggest this as I'll be pounced on for encouraging you to poke around in a lampholder, so I will emphasise, if you are going to do it </p><p></p><p><u><strong>SWITCH THE SUPPLY OFF AT THE CONSUMER UNIT, - NOT JUST THE WALL SWITCH first</strong></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff1946, post: 499981, member: 28452"] The contacts in the bottom of the lamp holders are often made with a bit of springy metal. If they are that type they become squashed over time and then don't quite contact a new lamp. It is then possible to prise the contact up again, very carefully, just a millimetre or so, using a small screwdriver. I'm a bit reluctant to suggest this as I'll be pounced on for encouraging you to poke around in a lampholder, so I will emphasise, if you are going to do it [U][B]SWITCH THE SUPPLY OFF AT THE CONSUMER UNIT, - NOT JUST THE WALL SWITCH first[/B][/U] [/QUOTE]
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