• Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • DMCA
Saturday, January 28, 2023
TheGreatNews.com
  • Home
  • MINDSET
  • WELL BEING
  • POSITIVE NEWS
  • WISDOM
  • PURPOSE
  • NEW TECHNOLOGIES
  • More Topics
    • ENTREPRENEUR
    • GREEN ENERGIES
    • SUCCESS
    • GOOD LIFE
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • MINDSET
  • WELL BEING
  • POSITIVE NEWS
  • WISDOM
  • PURPOSE
  • NEW TECHNOLOGIES
  • More Topics
    • ENTREPRENEUR
    • GREEN ENERGIES
    • SUCCESS
    • GOOD LIFE
No Result
View All Result
TheGreatNews.com
No Result
View All Result

How to Remove a Broken Light Bulb From a Socket

in GOOD LIFE
Reading Time: 5 mins read
A A
How to Remove a Broken Light Bulb From a Socket
Share Share Share Share Share

Image for article titled How to Remove a Broken Light Bulb From a Socket

Photo: Chones (Shutterstock)

Given the combination of broken glass and electricity, if a light bulb breaks while still screwed into the socket of a lamp or other light fixture, it’s not a situation to be taken lightly.

Fortunately, there are a few different ways to safely remove the shattered bulb from the socket without hurting yourself or damaging the lamp. Here are a few to consider.

Safety first

Before doing anything, it’s extremely important that you disconnect the lamp or light fixture from its source of electricity. If the broken bulb is stuck in a lamp, all you need to do is unplug the lamp. For hard-wired fixtures, flip the switch so it’s turned off, and then cut the electricity to that room at the breaker or fuse box.

Consider putting a sheet or tarp down beneath the lamp or fixture to catch any broken glass that becomes detached during the process. And, for the same reason, wear gloves and eye protection.

How to remove a broken light bulb from a socket

Once you’ve taken the safety precautions above, it’s time to get started. Here are three methods to consider (other than using a broken bulb extractor):

Use a raw potato

Double check to make sure the power is off. Wearing gloves and safety glasses, use pliers to break off whatever is left of the glass from the bulb. Then, cut a potato in half (short ways), and press one of the halves into/onto the socket so it covers the base of the broken bulb. Twist the potato counterclockwise (you can use a towel to get a better grip, if necessary) until the bulb comes out.

G/O Media may get a commission

Mode Electric Toothbrush

Magnetically Docking

Mode Electric Toothbrush

Luxury brushing
Mode is the first magnetically charging toothbrush, and rotates to dock in any outlet. The brushing experience is as luxurious as it looks—with soft, tapered bristles and a two-minute timer to be confident you reached all the crevices of your molars.

Pliers and patience

Sometimes, you can get the job done using pliers alone. If the filament is intact and accessible, grip it at the glass base and turn it counterclockwise until the bulb twists out.

In situations where that doesn’t work—or, if the filament is broken—place the pliers inside the base, and open them as wide as you can, so that they’re pressed up against opposites sides. Turn the pliers counterclockwise while you’re holding them open, and that should do the trick.

Quick-setting epoxy

In situations where neither method above works or is even a possibility, some quick-setting epoxy and a screwdriver may be the solution you need. First, fill the base of the broken bulb with epoxy, and stick a screwdriver in the middle (like you were making a popsicle). Once the epoxy has dried and hardened, twist the screwdriver counterclockwise to remove the base of the bulb.

Credit: Source link

Related articles

How to Get 100% of Your Student Loans Forgiven Through the Borrower Defense Program

Salvaging crops and tackling a broken food system: meet the ‘gleaners’

ShareTweetSendPinShare
Previous Post

Xbox Game Pass ‘Friends & Family’ leak could mean sharing with friends

Next Post

NASA’s Artemis I mission is about to blast the SLS megarocket toward the Moon

Related Posts

How to Get 100% of Your Student Loans Forgiven Through the Borrower Defense Program

How to Get 100% of Your Student Loans Forgiven Through the Borrower Defense Program

August 30, 2022

Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)Last week, President Biden announced that millions of Americans may be eligible for up to $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness—up to $20,000 for...

Salvaging crops and tackling a broken food system: meet the ‘gleaners’

Salvaging crops and tackling a broken food system: meet the ‘gleaners’

August 30, 2022

Across Britain, people are coming together to salvage unpicked produce. Addressing food poverty and farm waste, it’s a timely response to the cost of living crisis...

Two Things You Should Always Keep by Your Cutting Board While You Cook

Two Things You Should Always Keep by Your Cutting Board While You Cook

August 29, 2022

Cleaning as you go is widely regarded as one of the best ways to mitigate cooking mess. Loading dishes into the dishwasher as you’re done with...

How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit?

How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit?

August 29, 2022

Photo: Prostock-studio (Shutterstock)Forming a habit is a classic life hack: You want to change something about your life, so you insert a new action into your...

How to End an Annoying Conversation Without Being Rude

How to End an Annoying Conversation Without Being Rude

August 29, 2022

Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)An underrated hurdle to the small talk struggle is not how to keep the conversation alive, but how to gracefully let it die. Maybe...

Next Post
NASA’s Artemis I mission is about to blast the SLS megarocket toward the Moon

NASA’s Artemis I mission is about to blast the SLS megarocket toward the Moon

Google opens the door for Android apps that work across all kinds of devices

Google opens the door for Android apps that work across all kinds of devices

How Elon Musk, SpaceX, and T-Mobile are helping the satellite-to-cellular business

How Elon Musk, SpaceX, and T-Mobile are helping the satellite-to-cellular business

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Weekly Updates

insurance

“Life Insurance and its Impact on Overall Well-being”

January 24, 2023
TheGreatNews.com

This is an online news portal that aims to provide the latest updates about mindset, well being, positive news, wisdom, purpose, new technologies, entrepreneur, green energy, success, good life and stuff like that around the world. Feel free to get in touch with us!

© 2021 - TheGreatNews.com - All rights reserved!

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • DMCA
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • MINDSET
  • WELL BEING
  • POSITIVE NEWS
  • WISDOM
  • PURPOSE
  • NEW TECHNOLOGIES
  • More Topics
    • ENTREPRENEUR
    • GREEN ENERGIES
    • SUCCESS
    • GOOD LIFE

© 2021 - TheGreatNews.com - All rights reserved!