On 20 Mar 2005 12:02:52 -0800, "spudnuty" wrote:

Yes, I went through something like this. My local distributor, Marshall
Electric had about 7 different ceramic bipost bases with pigtails
available. You'll probably need a crimper to make the connection. BTW I
repaired film equipment some time ago when these bipost or end
connected Halogen lights first came in use. They were always
developing problems at the connection point. The only repair was new
bases. These were 250, 500, 750 1K or 2 K watts.
Richard

I've worked with these fixtures as well.
You can clean off the contact points with a dremel and a wire brush.
electro plating them can also help. gold plating will stop corrosion
and help keep arc build up to a minumim.
silver or chrome is a low cost alternative.