I started watching your video, and the idea popped in my mind when you said apply pressure to sides. So I got an old cork from a wine bottle wrapped it with a kitchen towel and stuck inside the light bulb base and twisted it (on an angle). Worked like magic. Thanks for your video.
Great tips in the video but I have push bulbs and I almost stopped watching. Then I saw your comment about using a cork... Success!! New bulb in and now I get to relax with wine :)
Thanks for making this video. It was a good reminder to take the proper safety steps (turning off the power at the circuit breaker) before attempting the procedure.
Thank you for this! I'm a divorced empty nester that is learning to do home maintenance by myself. Half the time, I make things worse, but you helped me fix a seemingly unfixable problem in about a minute. Who needs a husband when I have youtube? Thanks again, I am very grateful!
Thank you so much! I am a 72 year old widow that had a spotlight over the garage break. I got a pole to remove the bulb but the base broke off, so I had to use the extension ladder after all. I couldn't get it out until I watched your video. After it finally loosened, it came out easily. Thank you so very much!
This video helped me as I had the exact same situation to deal with. I used the handle end of a screwdriver to turn the socket counterclockwise and then used pliers to actually take it out. Worked very well!
-Thank you for posting this video. You really helped me out of a bind. My ceiling bathroom fixture had a bulb that broke the same way and the socket was stuck inside. I 'LIKED' your video and thanks again!
I’m 13 and was changing the bulb in a shower. When I was putting the new one in, I tightened it too hard and the glass broke down to the metal. I struggled for like 30 minutes, this vid was the one that got it out. Thanks.
Thanks so much for this video, and also, all of you commenters for your ideas! I had this happen with one of my recessed kitchen lights, and I was able to get the base out of the socket with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers. I tried the broom handle , a water bottle and an olive oil bottle first, with no luck. However, once I tried the screw driver and pliers, it took me just about 5 minutes to victory! I have some rusty gunk that fell out to clean up, but I am so relieved! Thanks again, everyone.
It was so simple, and yet, so brilliant!! I need to replace a broken freezer bulb just now...it not only has a canopy around it, it's facing away from me. Just that little bit of pressure inside the metal ring was enough to allow me to remove it. Thanks for your help!!
In the future just wrap some electrical tape on a screw driver but make sure it’s in the sticky side. Then stick it in and screw it out. You will find that this way is easier and also a lot safer. Someone may have an issue we’re their light switch may not be in the best angle so this would be helpful. Overall great job.
LOL I found this video after the exact same thing happened to me, witha ceiling fan and bulb. My search criteria was the exact title of this video. Side note, don't use your fingers to reach into the bulb socket. use hemostats or needle nose pliers to grab the edge of the bulb base. Much easer to do! My problem was that the ceramic base was also loose. ugh. Required needle nose, and channel locks simultaneously.
@Landa Kameesh. While I was reading your comment and got to the part where you said you were pissed, I just knew you were going to say that it was because your gloves AND your pliers were stuck, along with the base of the light bulb! Since I need to remove one myself I can see that very scenario happening to me! It's just my luck!
Thank you for the video! Unfortunately I didn’t come here until I tried to remove it myself. I used the pliers but ended up bending the metal… Didn’t have a wooden dowel like others in the comments but I rolled up a piece of cardboard from an Amazon box, squeezed it in and it worked like a charm!
Thank you, this has just happened in my house and was a little hesitant and what to do next. As it is night time, I will wait until tomorrow turn the power off and remove the metal bit. Thank you again.
Just had this problem. To remove the stuck bulb parts, turn off the power to that light, put on rubber gloves, and stick the handle end of an adjustable wrench into the broken socket. It is a perfect fit. Then using the wrench turn the broken socket until it is released from the light fixture. Thank you for making this video.
@suzisaintjames I thought I was the only person who remembered this! I was scared to suggest it! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 We have to be careful bc without the disclaimer of safety and making sure to cut the power source off at the breaker or the switch/ plug it would become very dangerous and electrical shock can and will kill you!
@@youknowimcute21 , you're right about the disclaimer. I'm just telling what I do... not suggesting that you do the same. Truthfully, I don't turn off the breaker if I'm confident that there's a switch to the fixture and it's turned off. But if you aren't sure turn off the breaker or even all the power to your home to be safe. 💖🌞🌵😷
Nether one of my dads (step or bio) are involved in my life and my mom does little to help with this stuff thank you for videos like these they really do help out a lot of people and especially me with my situation
for anyone watching this , it's so much easier to place a thin strip of two way tape on the part of the bulb that contacts the metal base. push the bulb into place on the metal base. Pushing up on the bulb and twisting slowly will usually remove the broken base portion.
You went through WAY too much trouble. The simplest and easiest way is to use a wooden broom handle, no electric conduction at all and it's the perfect size for the inside of the socket. Stick the broom handle in, twist and voila. Easy. *If the bulb has been in place for a looong time or if it's really stuck you can use a rubber glove on the end of the wooden handle to provide extra grip and then you can easily apply the force needed for it to come off.
My daughters ceiling fan has smaller light bulbs with tiny bases (I hate them) but I used the wooden handle of a toy hammer when I saw your solution and it worked!
This happened to me with my stupid Whirlpool microwave, the stove light bulb separated exactly like your bulb there. Unfortunately it’s a heck of a lot harder to get in there than a ceiling fan. Luckily a single pair of rubber gloves under the sink saved me. Thanks for the video!
Another way I found that worked was putting pliers in the center of the broken bulb and opening the handle of the pliers so that the pliers are applying force on opposite sides of the bulb, then applying force to the left to loosen the bulb from the socket.
My problem is the light in my microwave, which faces BACKWARD toward the wall. I had never replaced it, and I've been in this RV for nearly nine years. When I tried to unscrew the dead bulb, it broke in half in my hand and left the socket in the fixture. I tried picking it out with needlenose pliers, but it's impossible to use them...tight and awkward. I can't even SEE what I'm doing unless I use a mirror, and I'm not good at that. Obviously, I can't use the end of a broom handle. I don't even use the microwave, but I miss having the lights it has. I can't use the one on the other side, of course, because I have the circuit breaker off. Any other suggestions? Thanks!
I've never had luck with the potato is this instance ; the bulb separates cleanly from the base leaving no " teeth " for the potato to grab on to . This is the best way to remove the base . Thanks for posting
What would cause a light bulb to rust in the socket? I descover this after bulb was stuck. I've experienced/successfully removed stuck bulbs before in other light fixtures, but never as stuck as this was. I actually cover the bell globe with a bag and purposely broke bulb. Now I'm questioning if I should used the fan or light at all. I'm healing from a broken back, needless to say do not move to fast. The stuck bulb situation wore me out. Little more infor... I live in a condo. The ceiling fan w/4 lights is located in my living room above my hospital bed. The room above is a bedroom and above that room is the attic. The attic has never show any signs of water leaks (in 20yrs). The upstairs bathroom is +/-25ft a way. Am I wrong in thinking that water must found the socket & water is what caused the rust? Sorry this long, trying to be exact. Sincerely, thank you for your time.
