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Light Bulb Broke Off

Name: Ed D'Alessio  City: Glen Rock

Question: What is an easy way to extract the stuck(metal) base of the lightbulb when the bulb breaks off.

Name: Daddy | Date: April 21, 2006, 8:47
Answer: Hi, try to fit a rolled up piece of paper in it, and then twist it out. If that don't work, try to take needlenose pliers to grip the side of the metal, and twist it out. But also, they manufacture a tool just for the purpose of unscrewing out broke light bulbs. You can but that also