WTF? - nevermind, it's fixed

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 08/26/2019 at 14:36 • Filed to: None

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Dining room light. Worked fine yesterday. Put a smart bulb in it last night and it wouldn’t turn on. Bulb tested fine in another fixture. Put original crazy fluorescent bulb back in and that won’t turn on now. No breakers tripped. Switch (not a dimmer) feels normal. What is going on?

EDIT: I guess it was a little corrosion from not having the bulb changed in 6 or 7 years. I tried a third bulb, cranked it in a little harder and moved it around to clean the contacts and now it works with whatever bulb I put in. Smart bulb is working fine, although Google Home said that it couldn't help me with restaurant reservations when I asked it to adjust the brightness...

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:42

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It’s not working.

Tripper > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:43

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Yo, wtf is that bulb?

MonkeePuzzle > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:47

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connections that had corroded were corroded to the old bulb. when it was removed those bad connections were broken, and even restoring the original bulb cant resolve.

or something else

Michael > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:47

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Probably a bad contact inside the socket, try screwing it in harder (That’s what she said...?)

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Tripper 08/26/2019 at 14:48

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Just a crazy designer fluorescent that’s been in there for years.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:48

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Check to see if the socket contacts are degraded or corroded. Sometimes when you take out an old bulb the contact has worn out, that’s happened to me before. Also, if anyone who swaps bulbs in your house is a yanker, the wires in the socket may have pulled a bit. 10 year, 20 year bulbs not regularly used, it happens. 

Gerry197 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:48

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http://ecosalon.com/weird_science_why_are_cfl_light_bulbs_shaped_funny/

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 08/26/2019 at 14:50

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I see you’ve been promoted to captain...

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:57

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Did you steal that bulb from Salvador Dali?

Tripper > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 14:58

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It looks like a modern art sculpture of Raiden from Mortal Kombat.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Tripper 08/26/2019 at 15:04

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It’s an odd one, I’ll grant you that, and that’s what attracted me to it. But now that I’m going to smart controls and LED bulbs I don’t know where to put it. At least I still have the original box as I don’t think that it would be easy to package otherwise.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 15:08

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Clearly what you need to do is hit the light fixture with a hammer.

Chariotoflove > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/26/2019 at 15:11

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So you’re saying  Google Home isn’t too bright?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 08/26/2019 at 15:15

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Certainly - right after I fix the TV...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Chariotoflove 08/26/2019 at 15:18

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You’re right - it’s pretty dim. Or deaf.