I am become a punchline
How many bloggers does it take to change a light bulb?
We’re about to find out. I have a small track-light array over the breakfast bar, and by “small” I mean “three lights.” The middle bulb has burned out, and I haven’t a clue how to replace it.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. I pulled out a little wire clamp, a glass lens dropped into my hand (fortunately), and the face of the bulb was exposed. Unfortunately, the shape of the mount makes it impossible to get any grip on the darn thing. I’m assuming that some sort of tool is needed, either a suction cup or, well, something other than a suction cup.
The annoying aspect of this is that I’m going to have to acquire the tool, take it home, remove the bulb, and then go back to the store to buy a replacement. I’m not even sure what size this thing is, though it looks like a PAR20. Here’s hoping I can find CFL or even LED replacements, because I don’t want to do this very often.
Lynn »
19 November 2007 · 8:46 am
This place has a good variety of different sizes and shapes of LED bulbs.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/edison.html
I ordered several bulbs from them and received them in just a few days.
GreenCanary »
19 November 2007 · 9:26 am
I suggest you move. It’s probably easier than changing that light bulb.
Rachel »
19 November 2007 · 11:47 am
IKEA supplied a little suction cup thing for a lamp I had that enabled you to take out the bulb. Unfortunately I’ve never found a bulb to fit in the lamp, at IKEA or elsewhere.
So, yeah, you’ll have to move. Or replace the whole fixture.
Mark Alger »
19 November 2007 · 7:20 pm
How hard is it to take the fixture out of the track? If it just twists out — what camera manufacturers used to call a “bayonet mount” — I’d take it to the store and ask THEM to change the bulb.
They’ve got to get feedback on this stuff somehow. How else are they gonna know what they’re selling is badly designed?
M
CGHill »
19 November 2007 · 8:23 pm
As of a few minutes ago, I am persuaded that it’s not all that difficult to get the fixture out of the track.
Anyway, that’s precisely what I’m going to do: take it to the store and let them swap bulbs.