Replacing a broken bulb is quite a risky process and you need to take some safety precautions while doing this. The most important thing required to be done is to cut the power supply of that particular fixture. In case you are repairing a bulb of a lamp then remove the plug of the lamp and in case it is a fixture then cut the power from corresponding electrical panel.

Now you need to wear leather gloves in your hands and glasses on your eye. It is must if the bulb has broken on a wall fixture or a ceiling fan. It’s a good practice to wear a hat. Place a trap under the broken fixture that can hold any remaining glass of the broken bulb.

A simple way to clean out the socket from the broken bulb is to use pliers. Pliers should be inserted inside the base. By spacing out the handles, some force can be applied to take out the broken base by moving the pliers anti-clockwise.

With this force the broken base may come out and you need to be careful that you don’t break the fixture during the process. Also, if this process does not work out, use some other alternative. One more is stated below.

Try to put a screwdriver into the bulb base and socket. You may have to slightly bend in the broken light bulb base using the needle nose pliers so that it can get a good hold.

After having a good grasp, try to rotate the base in anti-clockwise direction and while rotating, if you feel some resistance then immediately stop at that point. The fixture may break if you will apply more force. Move it little in clockwise direction and then in anticlockwise direction. This wiggling will help you in getting rid of that broken bulb from your socket.

When you become successful in completely eliminating the broken bulb, plug the new light in the socket and turn on the power at the electrical panel. Test to see if the new light bulb works without sparking or it is not working. If it is not working then turn off the switch and check the connections again.

To prevent the bulbs from breaking in the future, never over tighten them while screwing into the light socket. Screw them just till the point where you feel slight resistance and test to see if the light works without flickering. If it does, leave it as it is. If it flickers, then tighten the light bulb just until the point the flickering stops.

Scott Rodgers is a writer with great experience in electricians work all over the country. His exemplary guidance has created business opportunities for a lot many Lodi Electricians and Concord Electricians .

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