Fixture

[FAA]

My bath fluorescent tube has been sliding off its placement. It just won't stay tightly installed. Has anyone ever experienced this? I don't even want to put the casing back over it, since I'd just have to go back and readjust daily.

[Tedlark]

What a conundrum!

If you share a picture of the fixture, that may aid with the development of a retention solution. Try to include the surface where the fixture is mounted.

[olds442jetaway]

I must be missing something. Place the bulb in its slot, twist and turn or roll in to lock it. Yes a photo should help.

[FAA]

Thanks. It's a quirky problem. The tube end bolts sometimes drop from the bookend grooves supporting it. I have to reach up and twist the tube into a tighter position so that it can stay put for at least a few hours. I'm not in the room often and I'm tall, so it's a small inconvenience. I was just wondering how common this might be. I also just killed a tick in the room. I read that it can potentially paralyze someone for a year with a bite.

[TripleTriple]

I would get a whole new fixture. Fluorescents are so '70s (and I loved the 70s). Last thing you need is a broken bulb. Get LED.

Unless you have pets, I don't get the tick thing. Either a tick is outside or it's on me, never see one "in the room", like a spider or ant. As for the paralyze for a year statement, I'm dubious...just to be on the safe side, play full coin.

[Tedlark]

Well, I tried to help. This Conductor has detoured this thread onto the tick track.

Ticks can cause paralysis but it is extremely rare.

[FAA]

There is a thread about fluorescent bulb pins slipping out of the socket, which accurately describes what is occurring. Locking is no longer a given. I did a nice tight twist today and hopefully it lasts. Yes, they are a nostalgic 1970s throwback. Heck if I know how a tick found its way inside, but it did. First one I’ve seen inside.

[Tedlark]

There is a thread about fluorescent bulb pins slipping out of the socket, which accurately describes what is occurring. Locking is no longer a given. I did a nice tight twist today and hopefully it lasts. Yes, they are a nostalgic 1970s throwback. Heck if I know how a tick found its way inside, but it did. First one I’ve seen inside.

Replacement bulb connectors are readily available and you don't need to be a certified electrician to replace them.

The tick quite easily could have hitched a ride on you and you brought it indoors.

[olds442jetaway]

I better put my reading glasses on. I mis read the post and thought a Chick not tick had hitched a ride. Failed my senility test today!

[FAA]

Tick must have found its way onto my clothes or bag. Hope that’s an isolated freak incident. Nasty, ugly and vile creatures. Tube seems to be holding its ground now.