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Need Help with Replacing a Bulb for QL 1500 Hubbell Outdoor Light
I've just moved into a place with a pickleball court that has a QL 1500 Hubbell Outdoor Lighting fixture. Unfortunately, it's missing its bulb. I contacted Hubbell, and they told me the model (QL 1500)...
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Removing stuck Satco Ultra Mini GU24 CFL
I am trying to replace the Satco Ultra Mini GU24 CFLs in this fixture. I have tried the recommended twist and pull for these types, and I can twist them in place but pulling does nothing. Rough ...
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How to replace bulb in this kitchen light fixture?
This LED fixture was installed only a couple of years ago in the kitchen. Light has gone dim and yellow. Cannot figure out how to open it. No holes or screws, no latches or grooves. Tried to slide it ...
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Why shouldn't different types of bulbs be used in the same fixture?
Why shouldn't different types of light bulbs(i.e. incandescent, LED, cfl) be used in the same fixture?
I read this under the CAUTIONS & WARNINGS section of the LED bulb packaging.
...Do not ...
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Can I use an 11 watt LED bulb in a lamp rated for 8.6 watts maximum?
I bought myself a Barlast Ikea table lamp. It came without any bulbs so I went and bought 11w LED bulb. I came home and found out that the label on the wire and fixture says 8.6W Max.
Is it dangerous ...
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Can I use a brighter bulb in a Harbor Breeze Caratuk fixture?
The house I'm living in has Harbor Breeze Caratuk ceiling fan fixtures installed in the bedrooms. The light bulb is a 60W equivalent LED bulb (6.5W). But the rooms are not lit brightly enough for me. ...
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How do I change the light bulb in this fan?
I can't figure out how to get into the light fixture on this fan. There don't appear to be any screws or tabs. I tried pulling it down gently. I also tried twisting it gently. It is possible that ...
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What is this shape of bulb called?
I am looking to replace a burned out lamppost light. The currently installed lights are 75-watt GE "postlight" "saf-t-gard" (teflon-coated) bulbs with a medium (E26) base and &...
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Does "Suitable for use in open fixtures" mean not suitable for closed?
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I need to replace a couple of bulbs in my apartment which are controlled by an "old" dimmer switch, which predates the advent of LED bulbs. My understanding is that I cannot use ...
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LED Bulbs Either Dim or Burnout
I have an issue with light bulbs in my living area. Essentially I have 6 LED bulbs on one switch in the living room, 4 LED bulbs on a second switch in the dining area, and 4 more LED bulbs on a third ...
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What are the best non-flickering (zero-flicker), dimmable bulbs for an enclosed glass fixture? [closed]
I have a glass-enclosed bathroom wall fixture wired to a separate wall dimmer (on the opposite wall). I need to replace the bulb, but the old incandescent bulbs no longer exist. I could easily ...
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Bathroom lights occassionally flicker but stop when bidet fan runs
In my bathroom the LED bulbs in the two lamps flicker occassionally, not always, maybe 40% of the time. When they do flicker, the flickering will stop and the bulbs glow steadily when the bidet fan is ...
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Is it safe to slightly unscrew a (non-dead) light bulb so it doesn't complete the circuit?
It's dangerous to leave an open socket, but I have a light fixture that's too bright and I don't have a dead bulb to put in one of the sockets. Is it safe to put a bulb in but unscrewed enough that it ...
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Any ideas how to replace bulb in this bathroom ceiling fan?
This is an old bathroom ceiling fan & light fixture. The bulb has gone out, now I cannot find away to open it and replace the bulb.
There are no screws that I can see. I played around with glass ...
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Are GX24Q-3 bulbs compatible with G24Q-3 bases and vice versa?
Are GX24Q-3 bulbs compatible with G24Q-3 bases and vice versa? Can a GX24Q-3 bulb be safely powered by a G24Q-3 base? Can a G24Q-3 bulb be safely powered by a GX24Q-3 base?
EDIT: If not, then can a ...
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Help identifying correct bulb for light fitting (UK)
Could anyone please help identify the type of bulb needed for the light fitting with pictures below? My home is in the UK and was built in the early 90s.
The casing is reasonably small which implies ...
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The green line of the LED bulb
one of the led bulbs in my house stopped working. I took it down and the led dots seemed fine to me.
I suspected it's connectivity issue, to me I am not sure where the green line in the picture comes ...
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What happens if broken cfl stays in the room for few months?
cfl bulb broke in a open box.I don't know when did happened ,anything from year and few months.I cleaned the box and safely disposed all but I don't know if rest of the room would be contaminated from ...
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What kind of connector (and lamp type) is this?
Hi, I need to find a replacement (possibly LED) for this broken lamp, can someone tell me the soket type (and possibly suggest a drop-in replacement)
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If a light bulb is dead, does it still consume electricity if the switch is in ON?
It's been a week since a light bulb in the bathroom died. I'm wondering if the bulb is dead, does it still consume electricity if the switch is in ON?
The light is completely dead, no light ...
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How to insert bulb in this fluorescent socket?
I hope someone can advise me. I'm trying to insert an F40 bulb (1.5" diameter, 4' long) into the socket shown below. With every other fluorescent socket in my home, I simply orient the two bulb pins ...
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Single bulb pendant to 4 bulb pendant
I am replacing a basic single bulb pendant light with a 4 bulb fitting. There are 4 white cables coming from the new light fitting. Do i bundle them together?
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Where can I find LED indoor floodlights? [closed]
Where can I find LED Indoor Floodlights? I have recessed lighting and one of the lights over a nook in my house gets the person hot who sits under the light for too long - plus LED is more energy ...
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Can I use a regular E26 LED bulb as a replacement for a refrigerator light bulb?
The light bulb in my refrigerator burned out. It was a 40w incandescent appliance bulb like such:
I'm wondering if there is any reason I can not put a 9watt A19 LED bulb such as this one (home depot ...
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Can I touch LED light bulbs?
Incandescent and halogen bulbs get hot. I've been told that the oils from my grubby fingers cause these bulbs to break pre-maturely. To deal with this, I use gloves or the like to keep my grubby ...
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Why do my led bulbs state: not for use in totally enclosed luminaires?
I recently bought some nice inexepensive LED bulbs but I noticed the warning states: (see image below)
not for use in totally enclosed luminaires
I am guessing that it gets too hot but I find it ...
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same-sized alternatives to F14T12 bulb
I have two bathroom light fixtures with very old magnetic ballasts and F14T12 fluorescent bulbs. These are, of course, a 1.5-inch diameter. I've been doing some bathroom renovations and I thought this ...
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Smart switch and Smart bulbs compatibility
I recently bought some smart bulbs (these) and I installed them. Now every time I flip the light switch it turns them off and I can't turn them on again via the app but instead I have to flip the ...
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Why does G23 energy-saving lamps need ballast, LED type as well?
IKEA Lival desktop lamp (like this) uses a huge adapter plugging into power-socket, which should be a ballast/transmitter. The lamp uses a G23 bulb from e.g. OSARAM DULUX S11 W. I feel it is very ...
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LED light flickering in one socket but not others, and any other bulb works fine with the socket
I got a batch of LED bulbs which have been working well until now. Some of these are having an issue. Let me describe the issue. A bulb start to flicker after while and if I try it on another socket, ...
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Why do my fluorescent lights flicker and require cycling the switch to turn on?
Bathroom has a 2 T-Fluorescent bulb fixture. The bulbs went out a 2-3 years ago I believe for the first time in 10+ years (when the fixture was installed). From the moment the bulb were installed, the ...
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What bulb goes in this UK light fitting?
I have a lamp purchased in the UK, I can't work out what bulb goes in it. I have tried a bayonet bulb which definitely doesn't fit. I wonder if there might be a missing piece.
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What light bulb can be used for the Frigidaire upright freezer FFFH20F2QW?
The lightbulb on my freezer went out, the freezer is a Frigidaire FFFH20F2QW. I've tested the actual socket, and it seems to be working, so I'm pretty sure it must be the bulb.
I see the the official ...
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Can't figure out how to replace these MR16 GU5.3 bulbs
I've replaced most of the MR16 bulbs in my house as they have a simple clip system but I can't figure these out. This bathroom has MR16 bulbs that go quite far into the ceiling and are different again....
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Is it the socket or the bulb?
Simple question
I have a light fixture in the bathroom that have 3 bulbs in 3 sockets
Today I noticed that one bulb went off
I Squeezed it a little in the socket and it went on again
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Why is my oven bulb so hard to turn?
My oven light burned out. When I try to turn the new light bulb in my Kenmore oven it's like sandpaper against sandpaper. Why is this?
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Are there LED lamps available for ovens?
The only place I now use an incandescent bulb is in my oven. It went out the other day and I was looking for a replacement. I am using LED all over these days but realized it may not be possible to ...
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Why do two of three bulbs burn out in my light fixtures?
I have two inexpensive 3 bulb light fixtures in my bathroom. The same bulb (on the end) kept burning out in each fixture. When we finally quit replacing it, the middle bulbs in each fixture eventually ...
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Changing the bulb in an enclosure
This particular light has been flickering. The base of the detachable part in the photo appears to be closed, so I can't get access to what's inside. Would anyone have experience changing or fixing ...
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What light bulb can replace an 25 watt R45?
I need to find a replacement light bulb for my kitchen hutch. I can't find the 25 Watt R45 specified anywhere. With what can I replace it with?
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Chandelier with 6 bulbs does not work on dimmer switch after bulb has been replaced
A halogen bulb blew and I replaced it with the dimmer switch on and all 6 bulbs work and can be dimmed.When I switch it off and then back on none of the bulbs light.If I take out the bulb I replaced ...
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How to change the bulbs in this hanging light fixture?
There is an UN-removable circular plastic part stacked to the glass ribs that is smaller than the diameter created by the bulbs inside. Therefore the lantern cannot slide off over the bulbs, Nor can ...
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Light bulb suddenly only turns on for a moment, tried multiple bulbs
So when it happened, I tried to turn on the light (that worked fine before) and it lit up only to go off shortly after. subsequent tries were met with failure. So I changed the bulb for a new one.
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Can I use a ballast that is rated for four 32W T8 bulbs with a different number of 15W T8 bulbs?
If so how might I figure out how many? I don't know how the math would apply in this situation.
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Replacing bulb in Janeiro surface mount ceiling light (not LED)
We had these Janeiro flush mount light fixtures installed 7 years ago - not LED. M10122 is the model number I believe. The light went out and we tried to remove the dome but it did not come off easily ...
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Replacing lights
Sorry its my first time replacing this kind of lights(not sure what do you even call them) but can someone let me know how to replace the busted bulb for this kind of lights. They are light we used in ...
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dimmable led bulbs won't work in dimmable fixture
Our living room has 4 dimmable lights controlled by 1 switch and slider. Many years ago, we replaced the incandescent lights with fluorescent bulbs (we didn't know that fluorescent bulbs don't dim out ...
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Why can't I connect a dimmer in line with an outdoor security light?
I have an outdoor security floodlight (with motion sensor and photocell) that I'd like to be able to dim.
The user manual says to not connect it to a dimmer, but doesn't explain why.
What is the ...
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How to remove halogen bulb from protective glass?
I have two of these sidelights with RS7 Linear Halogen Bulbs. They are encased in protective glass. Does anyone know how to get the bulb so I can replace please.
Thank you.
This website won't let me ...
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Can i use a 9w led in a 6.5w lamp
My lamp has a label on it that says Max 6.5w 120v 60hz, but I have bulb that I wanted to use that is 9w LED. The bulb that was in there before was also an LED 6.5w.
Would I be able to use a 9w LED ...
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