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Old 31st May 2020, 11:13 am   #4
Richard_FM
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Default Re: GU10 Halogen Removal & Replacement

When I was looking up how to remove the bulbs online I saw some ads for the removal tools.

I tried with the base of a hook I have in the backroom, but the sucker was a bit too big to get a good grip on the lens.

Only after I had finished did I realise I had a washing up brush with a sucker the right size on the end of the handle!

The fitting allowed be to access the outside of the reflecting dome, but there's a ring around the edge of the lens that is a tight fit. I could only just get the bit of a small screwdriver in to try prying away while pushing the dome with the pliers handles.

I used to work in an office with some recessed spotlights in the ceiling.

As I was the tallest working there I was occasionally asked to replace a bulb, these had a wire holding the bulb in place, but the connection was different with two straight brass pins that just slid off.
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