TU56 lamp replacement

[Pete Turnbull]

On 27/10/2009 21:06, Tony Duell wrote:
>> Personally, I'm surprised that you haven't repaired incandescent light 
>> bulbs...  or maybe you have?

> So I took the old midget flange bulb and cracked the glass part out with 
> pliers. Desoldered the wires from the side of the cap and the base 
> contact, and cleaned out the inside of the cap.. Then inserted a 
> wire-ended bulb and soldered it in place. 

I once "repaired" bulbs too, for a set of nice outdoor Christmas lights 
where I couldn't get the right decorative bulbs.  They're the kind that 
have an outer glass envelope over the actual "bulb" containing the 
filament.  I bought new plain lamps with the same base and rating, and 
took some of the ones that had burnt out, cut the envelopes off using a 
diamond scriber, and epoxied the old outers over the new plain lamps.

Amazing what you (think you) can do when you're bored.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York