Help with lamp bulb

Push in at one end, then pull the other end up and out.

Make sure it's connected, and both of you reach in and break the glass with your bare fingers while also touching any bits of bare copper wire on the cords you've managed to whittle out.

That will take care of our problem with your "friend's" lamp and you.

Thanks in advance, since afterwards won't work!

Here, OP.

Glad to help.

Tnx R1 just tried that and there is no “give” on either side of bulb. I may just have to take this into the lamp store. Thank you for your advice.

FFS just google it. I’m sure next you’ll convene a conference to discuss which end you’ll put in first.

I think you should be able to kind of flip it out like a battery. Try pulling the bulb toward the end shown in the bottom of your picture. I’m guessing there will be a little give and you can pull up and remove the bulb. If there’s no give as you say you could try gently twisting the bulb back and forth to see if you detect any looseness at the top end to pry it out.

Wear gloves!

Liza could have helped you with that.

Are those dead insects?

This type of bulb is a fire hazard and wastes electricity. Throw out the lamp.

That said. There is a spring mechanism in one end of the ballast. You hold the bulb and push it either left or right. Or the spring mechanism is under a ball-bearing and you just pull the bulb out.

Never handle those bulbs with your bare fingers when you got to install the new bulb. Oil from your fingers can make the bulb explode after it is turned on. Use a paper towel when handling the bulb.

And tell your disgusting friend to CLEAN THEIR GOD DAMNED LAMP!!!

Does your “friend” ever clean? That’s disgusting. Throw it away.

Why is there feces on the light bulb?

It's dead flies, not shit. They come inside in the fall, are attracted to either the heat or the light, and die in those lamps.

You twist it first to "unlock", then you push one end in and pull up the other end.

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Gently twist it and the prongs on each end will move into the open area and you can pull it out. If you replace, use gloves as the oils from your skin can heat the lamp and start a fire

RSC Type T Light Bulb Replacement - YouTube

I'm only going to say this once--

WEAR GLOVES WHENEVER YOU TOUCH A HOLOGAN BULB

halogen

Go to a lamp shop in your community that deals with older lamps. Tell them you want to buy a bulb from them. Ask them to remove the old bulb for you. You probably will not be charged for anything except the new bulb(s).

R18 was that a sweet and tender hooligan?

Use the existing bulb to loosen the socket up. Then, press the head of the new bulb against the socket and slowly push. Give the lamp time to adjust before putting another inch or so of the bulb in.

So... how many gays DOES it take to screw in a light bulb?

You must REALLY hate your friend for posting a picture like that here on Datalounge!

[quote] a lamp shop in your community

Let me guess. You live in a large city. Why not just go to the stuck bulb shop? Or the halogen shop?

OP there are Youtube video tutorials on almost everything. Try there with your specific bulb as search criteria.

And just to reiterate to all us Dataloungers, THERE ARE TUTORIALS ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING ON YOUTUBE. Caftan repair, getting clutching marks off pearls, fainting couch placement, how to write fake posts on the internet posing as a young in-shape stud instead of the fat old perv you are, rascal scooter maintenance…. the helpful videos are virtually endless.

r25 You are a contrary ignoramus. There's a woman in my small town that repairs broken lamps., mostly antique ones. She sells new and used lamps. She's had the business for decades and does excellent work.

R27, be nice. R25 lost her license and her trailer park is too ree-mote to walk all the way to Hinckleyville to see if they got them a lamp shop now in the vacancy between "Cheap Smokes & Discount Vape" and the Senior Community Center.

[quote]Why not just go to the stuck bulb shop?

THAT'S a great idea! I'm going to start one....