Re: trim bi-pin legs?
no, by all means thank-you.
I usually do not bottom the bulb out.
I thought about this too - if you usually don't do it, that also means that you could. You also didn't suggest trimming, nor had I come across it so that didn't make sense either. What was I missing?
FM's holder, a masterful construction, has a depression in the center, between the bi-pin holes, for the projection at the bottom of the bulb. Why was mine stuck 6mm higher then this designed depression?
I didn't want to mess with my only 1111 (waiting for bulb order), so I used a KDxx77x to test as it is a g4 and should still fit in the base. I first tried them out in the reflector and they don't fit through the opening, but they are G4 base so I
could use one to investigate the bulb seating problem.
KD went right down, sat flush on the base. When I went over the 1111 bulb all looked good and the fit felt like solid contact. But now I knew the bulb could go down a lot further b/c the KD had. Re-examination showed the 1111 legs bent and twisted ever so slightly, enough to give the impression of a solid stop of pins that have no further room to go in. Easily corrected, no trimming required.