Can't change a light bulb

By Alston on December 28, 2007 5:16 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

I am having trouble with one of the lights in my ceiling fan. One of the bulbs broke, and what is left is the screw part (firmly screwed in) and the destroyed filament. I have tried jamming a potato onto the filament and turning it, but all that did was turn the housing that the screwy part is screwed into. I tried turning it with thin pliers, but that didn't work, either. I would really like to remove the remains of this bulb, but I am stuck. Is there anyone out there with some new ideas, or reworkings of old ideas?

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mare said:

You could use some nose pliers (the long pointy ones, used by eklectricians). But please make sure you cut the power, preferably in the breaker box. Grab the edge of the metal screw part with the point of the pliers and carefully rotate it counter-clockwise. Worked for me on a couple of occasions.

December 29, 2007 12:50 AM
Alston said:

I tried that, mare, but I can't seem to get anywhere with that.

December 30, 2007 1:52 PM

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