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Removing GU10 bulbs
I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It
is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tools-warehouse.co.uk -- Mageia 5.1 for x86_64, Kernel:4.4.82-desktop-1.mga5 KDE version 4.14.5 on an AMD Phenom II X4 Black edition. |
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On 28/01/2018 12:45, Pinnerite wrote:
I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tool-warehouse.co.uk Did the part arrive with a nice piece of spam? -- Adam |
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ARW wrote:
On 28/01/2018 12:45, Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tool-warehouse.co.uk Did the part arrive with a nice piece of spam? -- Adam Just a tasteless cardboard backing and an invoice. -- Mageia 5.1 for x86_64, Kernel:4.4.82-desktop-1.mga5 KDE version 4.14.5 on an AMD Phenom II X4 Black edition. |
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ARW Wrote in message:
On 28/01/2018 12:45, Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tool-warehouse.co.uk Did the part arrive with a nice piece of spam? Inextricably embedded perchance? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tools-warehouse.co.uk Did you try household rubber gloves first? Works here where the GU10 is recessed. -- *The statement below is true. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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I'd expect it did, but I have heard of this problem before, but not from
John Lewis hence my last post. It seems to me that not all sockets are actually very well designed. Maybe they were in fact made by the company making the tool. itts a bit like all these security screws you commonly find that need a special tool to remove them. First create your problem then sell everyone the solution to it! Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "ARW" wrote in message ... On 28/01/2018 12:45, Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tool-warehouse.co.uk Did the part arrive with a nice piece of spam? -- Adam |
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:41:47 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote: So who in their right mind would design lampholders that are so difficult to remove lamps from? I do hope somebody brought this to the shops notice, I doubt anyone has tried in the company, believing them to be as described. Brian Indeed. GU10 fittings are the spawn of the devil. -- insert witty sig here |
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On Sunday, 28 January 2018 12:45:30 UTC, Pinnerite wrote:
I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it.. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tools-warehouse.co.uk -- Mageia 5.1 for x86_64, Kernel:4.4.82-desktop-1.mga5 KDE version 4.14.5 on an AMD Phenom II X4 Black edition. A bit of bluetack works wonders for me. Jonathan |
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Mark wrote: On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:41:47 -0000, "Brian Gaff" wrote: So who in their right mind would design lampholders that are so difficult to remove lamps from? I do hope somebody brought this to the shops notice, I doubt anyone has tried in the company, believing them to be as described. Brian Indeed. GU10 fittings are the spawn of the devil. About the most fiddly connector ever designed. If, indeed, it was designed. -- *Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?" Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 12:14:28 AM UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis.. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco.. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly.. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tools-warehouse.co.uk Did you try household rubber gloves first? Works here where the GU10 is recessed. -- *The statement below is true. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. +1 |
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On 28/01/2018 20:24, jim wrote:
ARW Wrote in message: On 28/01/2018 12:45, Pinnerite wrote: I bought a strip light fitting holding four GU10 lamps, from John Lewis. It is mounted to the concrete ceiling by its central mount point. John Lewis supplied four lamps. I fitted them and switched on. The illumination was pathetic. I checked the packaging - 330 Lumens. Fortunately I had some 450 Lumen lamps that I had purchased from Costco. When I tried to remove the John Lewis lamps, I could not gain purchase. Stumped for a bit I googled and found a little gadget advertised for £1 plus £3,95 packaging that supposedly did the job. I decided to chance it. When it arrived, it comprised a short handle hinged to a head with a diameter much smaller than the lamp and covered in a concave disk of the kind of plastic used for 'Screwy Louis' for opening jar tops. Anyway, I gave it a try. Push up, twist and remove. It worked perfectly. I reckon it was value for money. If you are interested the site is: www.tool-warehouse.co.uk Did the part arrive with a nice piece of spam? Inextricably embedded perchance? Wilkinsons sell them. -- Dave The Medway Handyman |
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