How to Change a Lightbulb

So you can navigate the World Wide Web but you still don't know how to screw in a lightbulb? Follow these directions and let there be light.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lamps
• Light Bulbs

1. Turn off the lamp or light fixture.

2. Allow a hot bulb to cool before touching it.

3. Grasp the bulb lightly but firmly and turn counterclockwise until it is released from the socket.

4. Insert a replacement bulb lightly but firmly into the socket, and turn it clockwise until it's snug.

5. Turn the lamp or fixture back on.

6. Dispose of the used bulb.

Tips & Warnings

• Check the wattage on the used bulb and replace it with a bulb of the same wattage.
• Dispose of the used bulb safely, out of reach of children.
• Do not put your fingers in the light socket.

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on 3/8/2009 This "How to Change A Lightbulb" article has simply destroyed a morning. So I will dig up Groucho (if you have to ask "Groucho who?", I will understand why you need help in changing a light bulb) and together, Groucho and I ask the following question:Since the bulb is apparently NOT working, how do you know the electricity to the fixture is really turned off?Oh, you can click the switch, but now did that turn on or off the power? Mystery and indecision are now amongst us. Maybe the bulb was done OR maybe the power is out from that outlet. What to do? What to do? If you have an unemployed brother-in-law laying around you could give him a fiver to wet his finger and stick it in the socket from which you have cleverly removed the bulb after following the detailed directions in this article. If he reacts like the cat that chomped through the Christmas tree light cord in "Christmas Vacation"

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on 3/8/2009 Yes yes yes I know I left off the "K" in Know. Iwas so blasted astonished about the inanity of the article and sans early A M coffee I blew the "K" in "Know"Double GAD

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on 3/8/2009 ??HOW TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB?" Has this once incredibly rich in now how and innovativness country dumbed down so far you feel it is necessary to pay for and print an article on "How to Change A Lightbulb". What's next "How to Breath Involuntarily?"-" How to Put On a Loafer"?GAD

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on 1/5/2009 I usually just throw out the lamp and buy a new one with a fresh bulb.

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on 8/9/2008 More importantly, look at the socket and fixture for a maximum wattage limit. Most incandescent fixtures with enclosed lamps are rated no more than 60 watts per socket. Exceeding this limit can cause thermal damage to the fixture wiring and socket, which can create a fire hazard.