I'm confused. A dielectric is an insulator not a conductor. Why are you using
dielectric grease?
Don Malling
Jeff Fetner wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> It's probably a bad ground (i.e, no ground) caused by a bad socket. I
> had the same problem, which turned out to be internal corrosion between
> the silver prong ring that fits into the light housing and the brass
> part that connects to the bulb base. They just fit one on top of the
> other in the socket, held in (and together) by the plastic rim of the
> socket itself. It's not made to come apart, so you run the risk of
> breaking the socket.
> Being in Hawaii with not much to fall back on in the way of parts, I
> took a very small screwdriver and forced the silver ring out of the
> plastic base. Forget trying to solder it to the other part...at least I
> couldn't. I cleaned with a Dremel and reassembled with dielectric
> grease. It's worked so far, but the sockets with separate grounds that
> Rob described sound the best. Depends on how much time you have to
> fix. Good luck!
>
> Jeff
> 74 CF13816U
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