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Posted on 4/30/18 at 2:54 pm to Chuker
what others said on socket issues. I just went through this with a change from incandescent to LED. Couldn't get LED to work. Had to lift up the center contact in the socket to make sure the LED base made contact. Evidently there is a small difference in the base and if the contact is depressed even a little bit the LED base won't make good contact. I've bought maybe 3 dozen LED bulbs to start making the switch from incandescent bulbs. Only had one failure.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 2:59 pm to Croacka
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Who puts a dimmer on vanity lights though?
mood lighting bruh,
Makes a nice glow when shining into the bedroom and highlights the waterbed and orange shag carpet.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:15 pm to TigerGman
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bought bulbs at home depot. Bulbs work in other sockets.
Wet your finger and stick it in the socket you think is defective.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:55 pm to BillBrosky
If lifting the center contact doesn't work then look and make sure the fixture is wired correctly. Electricity will only travel through a diode in one direction and if it's reversed wiring it never will burn a LED bulb. A regular bulb dosen't care which way power flows.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:57 pm to TigerGman
Did they screw in all the way? The led bulbs look significantly larger
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:00 pm to Barneyrb
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If lifting the center contact doesn't work then look and make sure the fixture is wired correctly. Electricity will only travel through a diode in one direction and if it's reversed wiring it never will burn a LED bulb. A regular bulb dosen't care which way power flows.
Do we have a winner?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:15 pm to TigerGman
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Do we have a winner?
Don't know if he fixed his light issue but y'all cured him from ever posting a pic of his house! Brutal
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:54 pm to Croacka
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Who puts a dimmer on vanity lights though?
When I redid one of my bathrooms, I changed the light fixture over to LED. Dam thing has four 100 watt LED light bulbs and it's to much light.
Well be installing a dimmer switch. 
Posted on 4/30/18 at 5:19 pm to TigerGman
Maybe the new bulbs aren't getting a good connection. Stuff aluminum foil into the socket then screw bulb in
Posted on 5/15/18 at 6:37 am to deltaland
Whatever happened here? I've been thinking about TigerGman's vanity for weeks. Is the damned thing fixed?
Posted on 5/15/18 at 6:57 am to fishfighter
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When I redid one of my bathrooms, I changed the light fixture over to LED. Dam thing has four 100 watt LED light bulbs and it's to much light. Well be installing a dimmer switch.
Why not just put in lower wattage bulbs???
Posted on 5/15/18 at 7:36 am to olgoi khorkhoi
Very rude and distasteful when the OP never gives an update to the problem he asked for help on. Its right up there with mentioning some fine puss and not posting pictures.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 7:44 am to TigerGman
This could be a ballast compatibility issue? I've encounter this with some other types of bulbs in our building but not at home.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:24 am to pennypacker3
Given the OP's problems so far described its almost certainly the brass tab at the bottom of the socket need to be bent up to allow contact with base of bulb. A lot of these new led bulbs are made overseas in shithole countries that don't quite make them to spec.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:31 am to TigerGman
That looks like the light strips on the side of a carnival ride
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:41 am to pennypacker3
There is no ballast in a fixture like this, only in fluorescent .
Posted on 5/15/18 at 9:50 am to TigerGman
Here's the correct answer:
Those old round bulbs are Globe bulbs and likely size G25, a regular bulb is size A19. I'm no bulb enthusiast I just own some cheap rental property with those bulbs. Those cheap vanity lights are made for Globe bulbs and some A19's don't fit, the width and threads on the bulbs are different. You may be "screwing" the A19 in there but it doesn't fit well enough to contact back of the fixture. Very similar to how bolts have different threads, some are close enough you can kinda get them to work but you are basically cross threading.
Best bet OP, is buy some LED's meant for G25 or whatever Globe size that fixture is for.
As said, you may be able to jury rig your light fixture to work by pulling out the contact or forcing your bulb in there better.
Those old round bulbs are Globe bulbs and likely size G25, a regular bulb is size A19. I'm no bulb enthusiast I just own some cheap rental property with those bulbs. Those cheap vanity lights are made for Globe bulbs and some A19's don't fit, the width and threads on the bulbs are different. You may be "screwing" the A19 in there but it doesn't fit well enough to contact back of the fixture. Very similar to how bolts have different threads, some are close enough you can kinda get them to work but you are basically cross threading.
Best bet OP, is buy some LED's meant for G25 or whatever Globe size that fixture is for.
As said, you may be able to jury rig your light fixture to work by pulling out the contact or forcing your bulb in there better.
This post was edited on 5/15/18 at 9:51 am
Posted on 5/15/18 at 10:23 am to Barneyrb
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Electricity will only travel through a diode in one direction
AC voltage does not pass through the diodes. There is a driver in the bulb that will convert AC to DC for the leds.
Reverse polarity is an issue in 12vdc auto circuits.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 10:28 am to MikeBRLA
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Why not just put in lower wattage bulbs???
because there are times you might need the extra lighting?
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