On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:18:11 -0500, mm
wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:17:39 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

I bought replacement lamps for my refrigerator. Both bulbs are new
and I tested them with a continuity tester to verify them. Neither
bulb works in either socket. I also tested the center pin inside the
fridge and it is hot (and will go off when I push the door switch).

Without taking the thing down, I can't see into the sockets. One
thing I noticed is the shell connections are plastic. There must be a
metal pin inside that touches the shell at some point, but I don't see
one. I gave the bulbs a pretty strong twist when I put them in. I
twisted tighter than I normally would have even tried, but neither
bulb will glow.

The fix has to be twist tighter, but I really really made them tight
the first time. Anyone else have this problem?

My fridge is a 15 year old Kenmore.

I think they were serious when people here discussed nose grease as a
lubricant for light bulbs and other things that use the same threads.

That is a message thread I am glad I missed, but thanks for the tip.

Apparently most people have this, you just have to rub your nose with
a finger and rub the threads. I've never tried it, but I have had
sockets which are hard to screw lightbulbs into. Maybe being cold and
with food vapors for years makes this worse. I had a socket like that
just yesterday, in a non-refrigerated lamp. At the time, I forgot
about my nose.