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"Winston" wrote in message
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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
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I did say "power off please" - that's a given.

I am just as safe using my pliers to twist it out. At least, if power is on
I will trip the breaker. The potato is conductive enough to be a problem
while the pliers I use have insulated handles (even without these, I am
also deliberately not grounded and using myself to complete a circuit. ) . I
have also run into bulb bases that need more torque than a potato would
allow. Sometimes it is necessary to actually grab the rim of the base with
needle nosed pliers and twist it rather than grab the central stem.
However the potato does eliminate the problem with breaking off small pieces
of glass and cuts from these.

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Don Kelly @shawcross.ca
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