This article was posted to the Usenet group alt.hackers in
1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Broken Light Bulb Base Removal Hack
Article: 7900 of alt.hackers From: jleslie@dmccorp.com (Jerry Leslie) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Broken Light Bulb Base Removal Hack Date: 28 May 1995 17:23:41 GMT Organization: Dynamic Matrix Control 713/313-5000 Lines: 23 Approved: yup Message-ID: 3qabit$ahi@tattoo.sccsi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: dmccorp.sccsi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Status: RO
First post to this newsgroup. It was this easy ? OBHack: The front porch light burned out. No problem, just replace the bulb. No, it broke, leaving the base of the bulb in the socket, probably due to some corrosion due to Houston's high humidity. Attempts to free the bulb base with needle nose pliers are unsuccesful, making removing the fixture looking like the only way out. :-< Scrounging around in the junk box, I find an old seat for the previous set of bath tub faucets, with a neoprene ring on the tapered end of the seat. The diameter is just right to insert into the broken bulb's base and unscrew it, with the neoprene ring providing the friction. Success ! --Jerry, Gerald (Jerry) R. Leslie jleslie@dmccorp.com gleslie@isvsrv.enet.dec.com Dynamic Matrix Control Corporation (my opinions are my own)
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