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On Friday, July 26, 2013 8:33:11 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
Follow up on rubber pigtail light socket. My CFL won't screw into mine pigtail socket far enough to turn on. A) I'm sure they still sell rubber pigtail light sockets, but I looked through the electrical dept. at 2 home depots and the best Ace Hardware in town and didn't see one. B) I don't want to take down the socket that's there now and be without a ceiling light until I finish trimming the rubber. C) I thought I'd just use the guts of a lamp, so I went to my lighting box to look for one. First thing I found were those things that screw in to a light socket, have a receptacle on two sides, a chain on a third side that controls the light socket at the other end. That didn't work either. Couldn't screw it in far enough. For example, if you really didn't understand my description: http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-2-Outl...9#.UfMhgawudac Somehow, even though I don't remember ever using more than 3 of these at one time, m

y mother and I had six altogether. (If you don't count the one I'm using
in the attic.) DDDDDDD) Found things I had thought were light bulb
flashers, but they looked to old for that today. Decided they might be
light bulb extenders. Yes, they work fine. CFL is working as desired. I
have 3 of these t hings. I think I got them from my mother about 15
years ago, and that she had them since 1950 at least. Probably because
she too had a lamp that a regular light bulb would not fit in. Here is
one they sell now,
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Leviton-M...0#.UfMcOawudac
but as you can see, it wouldn't screw far enough into a pigtail socket
any more that CFL would, because of the wide part immediately above the
threads. Here's another one sold now but also too big
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=.../www.eagleligh
t.com/product/EXT-E27-1/1-Standard-Screw-In-E27-base-extender.html&h=1188&w=1128&sz=527&tbnid=jyphEIeEJ eZNWM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=85&zoom=1&usg=__aFL6fhTWu-DTWEszu2YU4WDDERo=&docid=CXDrKdyHqoKVXM&sa=X&ei=Gh zzUdqXK7j_4AO4noGwDQ&ved=0CFsQ9QEwBg&dur=1822
Here's a whole page of them, none of which would work.
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/light-socket-extender It's funny how they tried
to make it better, with porcelain or plastic, but they made it so it
wouldn't work for me. My mother's extenders have no plastic or ceramic,
only something that looks just like the metal threads of a bulb, except
a little bigger so it will thrread ONTO the lightbulb. And behind that
is another set of metal threads, the size of a standard (medium-size)
light bulb base. E) This is why you should never throw anything away.

I agree, the OP must have an especially weird CFL.

Hi,
Or OP does not know how to screw in a bulb/lamp into socket. I never
had that kinda problem with many different light fixtures
or lamp stands. ?????? Sure OP has lot going around his/her house.
Take a tally and make a list by priority. One thing at a time.Let me
see, soon it'll be winter, front siding problem resolved?