If you have a light bulb that has become broken in its holder, the process of removing it can be relatively tricky. When the light bulb breaks, all that is usually left is the glass shards and the light bulb holder, which is screwed into a lighting fixture. Light bulb glass is very thin and sharp, meaning that it can cause a lot of damage to your hands relatively easily. There is a relatively easy way to address this problem, and it happens to significantly lessen the risk of harming yourself in the process as well. Here is the process:
- First and foremost, you need to turn the lamp off. It is simply safer to do it this way than to have the lighting fixture still be on while removing a broken light bulb.
- There are two items that you can use to help you remove the light bulb from the socket without hurting yourself. One is a bar of soap, and the other is half of a potato. Push either item into the broke glass of the light bulb, shielding your delicate hands and fingers from the sharp glass and creating leverage by creating something to hang on to. The glass will sink into the soap or the potato and will be extremely useful.
- Unscrew the light bulb as you normally would. You can unscrew the light bulb by gripping the soap or the potato and twisting as usual. This will keep your hands safe from sharp glass, but will create enough leverage to make sure that you can properly unscrew the light bulb as well.
- At this point you can discard both the light bulb and the potato or the bar of soap together in one single piece without needing to disconnect them or separate them in any way. Do not try to salvage the soap or the potato, as there are likely shards of glass embedded inside. Removing the light bulb from the soap or potato can cause more glass shards to break loose, which is dangerous as well.
Keep in mind that even though you are using something to protect your hands from the glass, you may still want to wear leather work gloves just in case because accidents do happen and you want to be as safe as possible. When dealing with tiny and brittle pieces of glass like those found in the light bulb, more safety and precautions are always better than less. It is always better to be safe than sorry when dealing with removing a broken light bulb from the lighting fixture so exercise precaution whenever possible.
Removing a broke light bulb from a lighting fixture does not have to be a difficult process, but you do absolutely need to exercise caution when dealing with the tiny, fragile shards of glass sticking out of the lighting fixture.
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Originally posted 2009-07-22 05:37:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Thanks for the great reminder. I have to admit I’ve done this before without success though.
Goggles, gloves, remove power source (breaker or pull the plug), needlenose pliers…remove glass fragments as needed, grab a side of the threaded section, and give a twist…pops right out.
Vacuum.
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