I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t had the experience of a burned out light bulb separate or break leaving the screw end of the bulb in the fixture. What do you do?
You have probably heard about using a potato to stick into the socket (Of course with the Light Off) to help you unscrew the remaining part of the light bulb. My problem was I didn’t have a potato to do the job.
Yes, I had to put my thinking cap on. I was either going to have to replace the light fixture or wait until I bought a potato to solve my problem of low light in my kitchen.
I guess you can say, the light bulb in my head went off. I thought, what about a “Carrot”? It seems that it is about the same size as the end of the light bulb. I went to my fridge and found the “Carrot” that was going to light up my life. I spend 80% of my time in my kitchen and I like to see what I am doing. Many of my projects are done on my table.
I got up on my ladder with “Carrot” in hand to use it like one would with a screw driver and unscrew the metal socket of the burned out light bulb. The task was successful! I am jumping for joy!
What can I do to avoid this mishap in the future? I took the new light bulb and lubricated the screwed end of it with a small amount of Vaseline. I don’t know if it is right or wrong, but I have done this before to make it easier to screw in the bulb.
So next time this happens to you and you don’t have a potato, use a carrot instead!
Keep Flying!
Marilyn
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| Socket Still In The Light Fixture |
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| Use A Carrot To Remove It |
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| Full Lighting Once Again! |
One thought on “Fixing Your Light Fixture The Flylady Way”
How resourceful to use a carrot as a potato substitute, and luckely it solved your problem.
I for one have never had that kind of problems, nor did I know af any who did – until now.
But as you previously have used lubricant on the electrical parts, perhaps that is the reason. In my life i have learned to keep such things dry and clean. Vaseline can contain acids that will deteriorate metal over time. It is likely that deterioration could cause the lightbulb screws to get stuck in the sockets..?
My advice: Take the bulb out again and wipe the screwed end of it and the socket as dry as possible.