Don Kelly wrote:
"lee" wrote in message
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Heat will do it! Use a butane torch and some welder's gloves. Heat it
until
the solder melts, should pull apart. Don't set anything on fire Merlin!



Shouldn't need to get it that hot. You are just melting glue. You will end
up with the galss bulb with a couple of thin wires connecting it to the
base-just pull- works everytime when the base is "stuck" in the socket- you
end up with a bulb in hand and a base that has to be removed with pliers
(power off please).

WITH POWER OFF a safer way to remove the base is to slice a potato in
half and impale the sliced end onto the socket. Twist it out!

--Winston