Neomorph
Established Member
One of the things I am going to change in my living room is remove the spotlights in my living room and it's a good thing too.
About two years ago my mom bought them for me as I liked the way they looked. Unfortunately looks is something I should have put at the bottom of the wish list as they are a bugger for bulb changing. The bulbs have to be removed by putting both thumbs onto the face of the glass and the rest of your fingers on the steel housing. You then are supposed to rotate the bulb out by pressing with your thumbs and boy are they tight.
OK so they are tough to get the bulbs out... but it's the same getting them back in... so there is another point off the desirability chart.
The final big no-no is that they seemed to keep blowing bulbs. Normally when the bulb goes I chuck them straight into the bin but when four blew in the one fitting within a week I removed all 4 at once and put them onto the side and forgot to chuck them.... which turned out bloody lucky for me.
The reason was the contacts... This is how they should look (this is a blown bulb btw)...
... and this is how one of the bulbs from the same fitting (also blown)...
:tongue9:
To say that it is frightening is an understatemen... the reason the bulbs were so hard to remove is because the bloody contacts had arc'd and melted. Looks like tomorrow I'm going to get some completely new light fittings before I go .
About two years ago my mom bought them for me as I liked the way they looked. Unfortunately looks is something I should have put at the bottom of the wish list as they are a bugger for bulb changing. The bulbs have to be removed by putting both thumbs onto the face of the glass and the rest of your fingers on the steel housing. You then are supposed to rotate the bulb out by pressing with your thumbs and boy are they tight.
OK so they are tough to get the bulbs out... but it's the same getting them back in... so there is another point off the desirability chart.
The final big no-no is that they seemed to keep blowing bulbs. Normally when the bulb goes I chuck them straight into the bin but when four blew in the one fitting within a week I removed all 4 at once and put them onto the side and forgot to chuck them.... which turned out bloody lucky for me.
The reason was the contacts... This is how they should look (this is a blown bulb btw)...
... and this is how one of the bulbs from the same fitting (also blown)...
:tongue9:
To say that it is frightening is an understatemen... the reason the bulbs were so hard to remove is because the bloody contacts had arc'd and melted. Looks like tomorrow I'm going to get some completely new light fittings before I go .
