Re: Socket Rocket (LM15A)

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I have an old Socket Rocket that works fine at warmer temperatures but
fails
> to turn on below 45-50 deg. F.

Is it possible that the bulb base contracts due to the cold and doesn't make
contact with the socket when it gets cold?  IIRC, they made the socket
pretty deep and you really have to screw in the bulbs quite hard to get a
good connection.  Maybe adding a little bead of solder to the bottom-most
part of the bulb would help - or if it didn't, it would at least eliminate
thermal contraction as the problem source.  There shouldn't be a electronic
temperature issue at the 45 degree range.

--
Bobby G.

"Bill" <billmacqnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have an old Socket Rocket that works fine at warmer temperatures but
fails
> to turn on below 45-50 deg. F.
>
> Do Socket Rockets of newer manufacture work any better?
>
>