I've an issue with this floodlight since I pulled it out of long term storage. This light goes back to the mid-50's. It was on my layout as a kid and although I can't say for sure, memory says this one dim bulb (The floodlight, not me....) goes back to then. I've tried everything I can think of. (See annotated pics) One arrow points to the dim bulb. Today I noticed something for the first time. The other three floodlight shells are held in the u-clamp with a dimple, pushed out into the floodlight casing. The dimple on the dim bulb's floodlight casing (left) is reversed. Two possibilities I see is a short somewhere, although I've checked everything I can see and don't see one, or because of the reversed dimple (the bump I think touches the little pin on the sides of the bayonet lamp. It's not clear but the two lamps in the foreground are connected by a wire that attaches to a contact, spring loaded, that touches the end of the bulb. the pole running up the middle of the tower is positive, and the tower itself is ground. (Pic of top of tower) I'm OK with using it as is, but it bugs me that I can't correct the problem. Any suggestions? Do you agree with my assessment or am i missing something?
Thanks,
ed
