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Thanks Dan...

I can swap parts, and have a pretty good idea of how things are supposed to work..
If they don't work, I haven't got a clue why... or even where to start lookin'.
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Good job on gettin it working :thup:
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so the back of the tss for that particular light was grunding out? how about that.
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Hey Robert,

I honestly don't know, I couldn't see anything wrong... no toasty stuff
After I pulled the switch out a little bit to look underneath it, there was power to both sides... :dk:

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No, no, no kaptn!! You'll never become an electrician that way. Never, ever admit you don't know how you fixed it. 80% of the time, we "fix" things exactly like you did, just open it up and jiggle things around. Then, as if by magic, things start working. Now here is the key, WE ALWAYS TAKE FULL CREDIT! It was all due to our mad trouble shooting skills!!

If anyone asks how you fixed it, give them your best condescending look and tell them that "they wouldn't understand".

They almost always buy it!

What they don't understand is that we are as confused as they are, we just jiggle things better.
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haha. Sounds like a "hold your mouth just right" sitiation.

perhaps the way the wire was bent in there. Had an atari that the cord had to be folded in half to work right. :lol: until i bought the new universal adapter anyways.
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seattle67 wrote:No, no, no kaptn!! You'll never become an electrician that way. Never, ever admit you don't know how you fixed it. 80% of the time, we "fix" things exactly like you did, just open it up and jiggle things around. Then, as if by magic, things start working. Now here is the key, WE ALWAYS TAKE FULL CREDIT! It was all due to our mad trouble shooting skills!!

If anyone asks how you fixed it, give them your best condescending look and tell them that "they wouldn't understand".

They almost always buy it!

What they don't understand is that we are as confused as they are, we just jiggle things better.
:lol: :lol: Yep, PFM always works the best. :D :clap:

Clad it is working again and you know where to look if it happens again. It will either work good forever or it will get worse enough to show where the problem is... :wink: That is how a lot of things like this go at my work... :lol:
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