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Old 01-31-2025, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rhpears View Post
Received LED lights yesterday, cleaned the light socket with electrical contact cleaner as best as I could spraying it into the very small holes that the lamp prongs plugged into. Plugged in the new LED lights, and can only get them to light by moving them around in the socket. I believe that the sockets have been damaged by the high heat of the original Halogen lamps. I really like the lite from the new LED lamps. The new LED light fixtures will arrive today, If they fit the mounting holes correctly, I think the problem will be solved
take needle nose pliers and ever so slightly bend the male prongs?
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