Re: [GSAS-Member] Coralife Light that Sizzled

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Shango dropped off the light fixture yesterday, and I took a peek at it. 
There was a small amount of corrosion on the endcap, but not enough to 
indicate a serious problem.  (Photo attached for your entertainment.) So I 
scraped it off, re-attached everything, and turned it on.  The arcing and 
hissing came from the FILAMENT inside the bulb, not from anything outside. 
This was clearly a bad bulb or one whose filament was nearing end-of-life. 
So I packaged it back up and suggested Shango buy a new bulb.

  - Erik

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, TOD SODAWASSER wrote:

> Hi Shango,
>   I think we have some spare end caps. Are you bringing the fixture
> to the next meeting or just hooking
> up with Erik? I will bring our spare
> parts to the next meeting just in case you need them. I have lots, Mary shops 
> Craigs List and sometimes I
> get stuck fixing up pieces of junk. :)
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Erik Olson                                                        Sent from my 
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