"HaLiGoOn" wrote in message
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"cybercat" wrote in
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Make sure the lamp is UNPLUGGED, use your finger nail or some other
implement and slightly pull upwards on the little silver tab inside the
middle of the socket. It's a fairly common cause of lamp sockets not
working. The base of the bulb may not be touching the tab resulting in
your current problem.

Hey good Idea!

If you do have to replace the cord or the socket, make sure the Hot wire is
wired to the screw that goes to the center contact. Also make sure the plug
has one wide and one narrow prong, so it can only be plugged in one way.
It WILL work fine either way, but you don't want the side "shell" where the
bulb screws into to be hot,in case you would be grounded and also contact
the side "shell" say when changing a bulb.
Tony