How to clean an inaccessible electrical contact?

JoeSpareBedroom · 2010-02-03T01:41:31+00:00

I've got a floor lamp which uses this CFL bulb: bulb often doesn't light up unless I partially remove it from the ballast socket and rock it back & forth. Doesn't matter if it's an old bulb or a brand new one. This makes me wonder if perhaps the contacts in the socket (female on the ballast) are corroded* & not making good contact with the pins sticking out of the bulb. Is there anything I can apply to the pins which would help cut through corrosion in the socket? The holes are way too small to get any kind of soft applicator in there.* This idea stems from reading about lousy quality lamp parts in another thread.

Feb 03, 2010 40 Replies

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Stormin Mormon 16 years ago

No, I didn't write that.

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