[Help] How do I get these bulbs out?

[Bozza]

Kitchen spotlight in my mum’s kitchen.

No obvious way to get purchase on it other than trying to push it in a bit and try to rotate in both directions.

None of the three budge at all.

 

[grubbyhands]

Kitchen spotlight in my mum’s kitchen.

No obvious way to get purchase on it other than trying to push it in a bit and try to rotate in both directions.

None of the three budge at all.

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Small sucker, like I might use on a car valve grinding stick? local motor factors should have them?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Push and turn, almost certainly.

this type:

 

[Titanic]

GU10, MR16 12v Halogen, LED Light Bulb Lamp Remover Sucker Tool Bulb Remover | eBay

Simply Stick the Sucker to the Bulb - then Twist and Pull it out. 10 x GU10 Halogen Bulbs Lamp 50W GU10 bulbs 240V. 20 LONG LIFE GU10 50w Halogen Light Bulb. Incandescent Bulbs & Tubes. Sucker/ Bulb remover tool.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

Two thumb push and turn anti-clockwise.

 

[Simster]

Yep push and turn. Wear some rubber gloves for PURCHASE.

 

[tedebear]

Google how to remove a stuck GU10 bulb and the world will be your oyster

 

[Goldstone1976]

Yep push and turn. Wear some rubber gloves for PURCHASE.

Or he could probably borrow some off @El Presidente if he didn’t want to buy any.

 

[AK74]

Be careful of any sharp edges. In attempting the 'twist and remove' method, I've sliced my fingertips on more than one previous occasion.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

5 minute job

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Have you tried turning the lights off and on...?

 

[medwayseagull reborn]

You can buy suckers specifically for this purpose.

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Are they definitely GU10s? Might be GU5.3s like these we have in our bedroom. If so, put the sucker on it and just pull out ... no twisting required. They just sit in a metal retaining clip with the 2 pins in two little holes.

 

[CheeseRolls]

You can buy suckers specifically for this purpose.

aka NSC Licker Extrodinaire's

 

[junior]

Dull.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Dull.

Yes. That's why he wants to replace the blown ones.

 

[el punal]

There’s already something very ‘iffy’ about this thread, what with small sucker, grinding stick, pull out, no twisting required, push and turn, five minute job and wear rubber gloves? I thought this was a football forum not Big Bertha’s Bumper Bondage catalogue.

 

[Giraffe]

Slightly related. I have a light fitting which I thought was bayonet but is screw fixed. As a result I pulled the bulb out breaking it but left the screw fitting attached to the light fitting. It's a long connicle fitting so awkward - any ideas how to remove the screw fitting so I can replace? It's 4 weeks since I've done and haven't worked it out yet!

 

[Questions]

You can buy suckers specifically for this purpose.

And sell them to suckers as well.