Quote Originally Posted by shovelhead91701 View Post
what brand of new bulb did you buy? Some cheaper imported bulbs may have small inconsistencies on the base pin etc. This may be causing you to have to "wiggle" it to make good contact with the base. Also you might check the wattage of the bulb, Maybe they accidentally sent you a 400 watt bulb in the wrong packaging( maybe someone returned it to them with the wrong bulb in the package and no one checked it?
THe bulb is a 14k pulserite and it says 250 on it but everything else about it seems fine i'm thinking just a bad bulb