Home repair help
 

Ok...usually I'm pretty handy around the house, but this one has me stumped. When I got back from break, I noticed a lightbulb in my bathroom burned out. simple enough. When I went to change it, however, the glass broke cleanly off of the threaded metal part. What the fuck? Now I know people will tell you to use a potato to remove a broken bulb...but what if there's no glass for the potato to grip? It's just the metal piece. I tried using a pair of plyers but the thing won't budge and I'm afraid of ripping the whole fixture off the wall (it's not on there real solid). Ideas?

u might wanna take that whole fixture off to get a better grasp at it (if u can)...other wise i was going to say use a potato...:yes:

haha um blowtorch?

just hit it with a bat:paranoid:

get pliers that open reversed (or normal ones but reversed would be easier). And try spreading them open and slowly twisting, if that doesn't work, try superglue and a rod/stick of some sort.

superglue sounds like an awesome idea actualy haha good thinking Will

^Yeah, snap ring pliers should work pretty well.
I might also try some epoxy (the playdoh kind) on a dowel or something stuffed inside the bulb end.

Hope you turned the power off to that room. Getting shocked by that amount of power isnt really that painful...just makes you feel dumb.

The problem is that even with pliers I couldn't get it to budge. It's almost like the thing is rusted in there or something. I'll probably just end up calling my landlord. I don't want to get into shit if I break the fixture off of the wall. Bah...let him fuck with it.

haven't had 4 years of tech ed for nothing :yes:

yeah actually, a dowel was what i was thinking of, i was just having a brain fart. Otherwise, dremel it. You can seriously do anything with a dremel.

Pff if youve got a landlord make him work to fix it. Not your problem

i wish i didnt have memorys of that :D

I'd rather not have any more electricity going through me at the moment. Especially after the last time I got shocked by a coil. 120V is nothing compared to 60,000V.