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Rich256

wrote:
OK, I've just tried the following:

Connect only (1) lamp socket to the black/white coming from the
ceiling.

One socket lights the lamp, one doesn't.

But the previous light fixture did the same -- and that's why I
returned it (thinking it was a bad socket). I suppose it's possible --
but do you really think I could've picked up the only (2) ceiling
fixtures (same model) in Home Depot that each had a bad socket? It's a
simple, Hampton Bay 2-bulb (75-watt, but I'm using 60) flush "utility"
fixture -- the type you'd use in a basement. The instructions are awful
(I don't think English was the writer's native tongue), so they're
useless. I'll go inspect the fixture and see if I can detect anything
else.

If that fails, I'll try a new (different store, different type) of
fixture tomorrow -- and if that fails, hello electrician!

Aw, don't give up that easy!!

Could very well be that there is a break in the wire on one of the lamps.

A meter such as those you can often get at half price (about $5) from
Harbor Freight would tell you if there is. Have any friends that has a
meter?