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brassplyer wrote:

I've got a hanging light fixture in which I can't get CFL bulbs to
work. They work fine screwed upside down in my garage light sockets,
the bulb is confirmed working in other lamps.

Standard bulbs work fine in this same hanging fixture. Any theories as
to why the CFL bulbs don't want to work in it?

Have you tried more than one bulb? If not, it could be that this
one bulb is somehow bad in a way that it is sensitive to position.
Otherwise, I'd suspect a wiring problem with the fixture. Check
to see if it is grounded properly, and that hot and neutral
wires are connected the same way that other fixtures are connected.
Finally, put in a conventional bulb, and see if that bulb is the
same brightness as that same bulb is when inserted into a
different fixture. This should help you determine if there is
a high-resistance or bad connection in the line feeding this
socket.

-john-

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