How many fools to change a lightbulb

adam88 · 05-10-2019 9:51pm #1

Second spotlight in the bathroom is after blowing and I need to change it. It’s not like the ones in the rest of the house with the silver spring thing that pops out. I’ve tried every which way to get the bulb to pop out but to no avail. I think it might be a sealed unit but I don’t know how to take the surround down without leaving a big hole in my ceiling.

adam88 · 05-10-2019 9:52pm

Picture of light fitting.

awec · 05-10-2019 10:04pm

Does the bit in the middle screw out?

Plumbthedepths · 05-10-2019 10:06pm

The circular bit in the middle is removable. If you have a suction cup or a thin blade.

adam88 · 06-10-2019 3:12am

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The circular bit in the middle is removable. If you have a suction cup or a thin blade.

I tried a knife to remove it. Might try a stanly blade tomorrow.

SlowBlowin · 06-10-2019 4:06am

Do you have a suction cup ?

adam88 · 06-10-2019 8:53am

SlowBlowin wrote: »

Do you have a suction cup ?

No. I’ll pop down to a hardware shop tomorrow and get one. At least I’ll hsve it in the house for when the other ones blow

Esel · 06-10-2019 4:59pm

It screws out. Use the tips of you fingers and thumb to turn it anticlockwise. It will give, shouldn't need a suction cup!

adam88 · 06-10-2019 6:24pm

Esel wrote: »

It screws out. Use the tips of you fingers and thumb to turn it anticlockwise. It will give, shouldn't need a suction cup!

There’s absolutely no give in it. If anything is beginning to make the square plate outside of it loose

cheif kaiser · 06-10-2019 10:24pm

adam88 wrote: »

There’s absolutely no give in it. If anything is beginning to make the square plate outside of it loose

Agree with the above post, it a screw out fitting. Take you thumb and forefinger and press up on the bulb whilst twisting.

joeysoap · 06-10-2019 10:27pm

Never heard of a suction cup removing a bulb. Novel idea though.

Esel · 07-10-2019 12:13am

Try it while wearing a rubber glove.

adam88 · 07-10-2019 4:52am

This is a real test of my masculinity lol

Plumbthedepths · 07-10-2019 6:12am

joeysoap wrote: »

Never heard of a suction cup removing a bulb. Novel idea though.

Some of these type of light fittings need a suction cup applied to the outer glass to remove it there by exposing the bulb behind the glass.

Stoner · 09-10-2019 10:13am

Lads is that not either a GU10 or MR16 lamp.

Where that metal ring is holding in the lamp.

Unscrew the metal ring and the lamp can be removed, it may even drop down.

I don't think it's a lamp that is screwed in.

Might be wrong though.

Esel · 09-10-2019 4:32pm

I thought it looked like an R80.

dodzy · 10-10-2019 1:58pm

Impossible to say R80 or not from that pic. OP, turn off light and post another pic:)

adam88 · 10-10-2019 6:25pm

So got there in the end. It was a mr 16 that was in a sealed unit. Had to bring the whole unit/casing and get at the bulb from behind.

Just something I noticed when I got it out there seemed to be some insulation foam fell out, normal enough, it’s in the attic after all but it was black as opposed to the normal yellow/creamy colour of it usually ,,,,,, anything to be worried about

Plumbthedepths · 10-10-2019 7:09pm

adam88 wrote: »

So got there in the end. It was a mr 16 that was in a sealed unit. Had to bring the whole unit/casing and get at the bulb from behind.

Just something I noticed when I got it out there seemed to be some insulation foam fell out, normal enough, it’s in the attic after all but it was black as opposed to the normal yellow/creamy colour of it usually ,,,,,, anything to be worried about

Heat from the bulb remove the insulation from around the fitting. I'd also change the bulb to its LED equal.

adam88 · 10-10-2019 7:26pm

Yip, changed from 50 w to 3.5w.

How many fools to change a lightbulb

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