Fix for halogen lamp socket?

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:09:59 -0800, Keith Jewell wrote (in article ):

Soldered to the contact surface? Or just stuffed in?

Most early low voltage Bi-Pin sockets used phosphor bronze leaf springs, which quickly lost temper, and gave a miserable performance as a long lasting socket. Here in Australia you see very few of the old spring types left. You do see a lot of the socket that has grub screws to tighten on to the lamp pins, and more grub screws to tighten on to the high temperature pig-tails. IMHO, no other method comes even close to giving you a reliable long term connection. Accept no substitutes!

Bill.

New socket installed. New lamp installed. Light once again!

I had no idea that these sockets were so standardized (well, the 2-pin configuration, yes, but not the outside dimensions, the screw holes center-to-center dimensions.

It was a breeze!

Thanks to all.

Doesn't sound like much of high tech problem to me. It is a sorry-sack-of-sh_t so-called EET student who is so damned dumb he has to post to usenet about this drivel....

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:22:16 -0800, Fred Bloggs wrote (in article ):

Don't know where you got that information... not a student at all.

Usenet is where questions are asked and information is shared. If you don't like it... delete or killfile. Your choice.

Okay- so there are two "DaveC" posting to this newsgroup- the other one is the whining flake then.

From the screwheads, it's a small little thing - maybe 1/2" to 3/4" diam. It's a socket, probably for a halogen bulb with two substantial pins.

I skipped over the original post because there was no text - i.e., is he asking a question?

Thanks, Rich

It certainly doesn't appear to be a mains supply socket since it doesn't appear here

Would you care to give more info as to what it is for, dimensions etc?

EET = Egotistical Educated Technician.

Quote of the day. "I am never wrong, once i thought i was, but was mistaken"

the New Sockets

new for a longer period of time !

BTW I observed that "Chrysler" fills the cavities on some multi-pin Connectors with grease to improve the reliability of its Electronic Fuel-injection System ! I don't know if it is to keep out moisture from shorting out pins or for reducing contact resistance from oxidized contacts. I also found that some greases are conductive enough to short-out the "distributor breaker contacts" on Electronic Ignition systems, before "Hall-Effect" switches became standard.

Yukio YANO

Ford has done this since at least the early 1960s...on every vehicle of theirs I've owned. Never seen it on the few GM and Daimler ("the Chrysler is silent") products...had to add silicone grease myself (plugs, headlight connectors, ignitiion wiring especially).

Have you searched for a new socket?You might find one and cheaply, too, these halogen lamps are very common.If it's an expensive and nice lamp, it's worth asking the professional advice of an electrician.

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