How to remove the base from the light bulb. How to disassemble a light bulb: real tips to help craftsmen Method # 4 - use a cork

Used light bulbs are trash. But if you are a super creative person with a wild imagination, then for you this light bulb will be an element of decor in the house. You can place an eternal terrarium, sparkles, water, colored cotton wool, threads, photos and much more in a glass lamp. You can also make a garland, a panel or a lampshade from such glass material. But in order to make decorations, you must first know how to disassemble the light bulb yourself.

"Lamp" instruction

To start creating, you first need to get everything unnecessary out of the light bulb. Follow the instructions and do not violate the safety rules. In order to disassemble the incandescent lamp, take thin-nosed pliers, a light bulb and a screwdriver.

Instruction:

we unscrew the burned-out light bulb from the cartridge;
we take thin-nosed pliers, at the bottom of the base we find a contact and loosen it to pull it out;
then we break the base insulator to pull out the bottom of the contact;
we take a screwdriver and try to loosen all the insides of the lamp with it, pull them out with thin-nosed pliers;
then we take out the electrodes, the filament body and the hooks holding the filament body;
wipe the lamp with a dry cloth from the inside.

As you can see, disassembling a light bulb is not difficult, but you still need to be careful not to cut yourself. The insides are mostly glass, and if you break them, you can get very hurt. So it's better not to compress the tools too much.

But remember that you can only disassemble an incandescent lamp, because it does not contain harmful substances inside, but it is better not to touch the energy-saving one.

What to do if suddenly the lamp gets out without a base? Of course, this is good for disassembling the lamp, there is less work, but you still need light in the room, so you can get the base from the cartridge as follows:

We put on a hat, glasses and gloves. Working with glass is dangerous, so it's better to play it safe;
turn off the electricity and check the voltage;
we proceed to unscrew the base, it is unscrewed with pointed pliers counterclockwise. If suddenly it doesn’t work out, try to loosen it;
after you have the plinth in your hands, remove all the glass from the floor.

What can be made from an empty lamp? Many people like to make crafts from things that are not intended for this at all. Light bulbs are no exception.

Interesting! Such a beautiful decor as an eternal terrarium will look great in a small light bulb.

In order to make it you will need: moss, forest soil, tree bark, pebbles, sand, water, acorns. At the bottom we put pebbles that serve as drainage for us, then sand goes, then we put soil, moss and wood, pour a couple of drops of water and close the terrarium.

With all these "ingredients" we create a small ecosystem, so the terrarium will develop.

You can also make a container for storing spices, such as pepper, salt, sugar, from a light bulb. You can also just paint the lamp in a beautiful color or wrap it with twine. You can make small vases for flowers or funny figurines of fairy-tale characters. Perhaps it will be a bright garland or a small Christmas decoration, or maybe a tiny balloon.

Home decor is good, but saving money doesn't hurt anyone either. Therefore, if you want your lamp to last longer, do not turn it off and on too often, always check the serviceability of cartridges and sockets so that electricity flows without interruption. It is also desirable to have protection against power outages, which will protect not only the lamps, but also all the appliances in your home. Remember that jokes with electricity are bad, do not forget to turn off the light when leaving the room or even leaving the house. This will help save money, the lamp, and your home.

LED lamps are no longer dismantled for the purpose of decoration, but for the purpose of their repair. If they do not burn, it is worth unscrewing them and screwing others into the same cartridge. If the testers give light, then it's not the cartridge. So, let's start disassembling the light bulb.

Can LED bulbs be disassembled? Of course, it’s better not to disassemble at home, but it’s still possible. The instructions for proper disassembly of the lamp are described below.

Instruction:

unroll the body;
after we consider the motherboard: if no burnouts were found, then we take a multimeter and with the help of the device we check again all the details;
we replace damaged parts with new ones;
put the body back.

Reasons why LED lamps burn out:

complete burnout of one LED, as a result of which the lamp stops shining due to a violation of the current supply through other light diodes;
burnout of one of the current supply chains. If the lamp does not shine so brightly, then the reason is precisely in the fuse of the chain;
flickering of a diode that has not yet completely burned out.

The LED lamp is an energy-saving lamp, but its cost in the store is much higher than the cost of a conventional lamp. But there is a way out: you can make it yourself, or rather, remake it from the usual one. To do this, remove the solder on the bottom contact of the base. Work is carried out according to the following scheme:

heat up the soldering iron;
break black glass with pliers;
remove everything from the lamp;
solder three LEDs in turn and add 56 ohm resistors to each;
solder two insulated wires to the circuit;
we insert everything into the lamp and already level it inside, we take out the wires from the hole;
fill the base with hot glue.

Factors affecting the service lifelamps:

Voltage level, or rather, excess voltage.
Ammo failure.
A large number of on and off lamps.
Switch failure.
Quality of wire connections.

Important! Choosing the right light bulb for your home is important. The power should be 13-15 W, this is enough for one room. It is also important to buy a lamp with a 75-90 color rendering coefficient, with an aluminum heatsink.

Do not forget that LED light bulbs are harmful to health and lead to many diseases and even cancer. This is due to increased UV radiation. Vision also deteriorates due to oxidative processes in the retina. If the lamp suddenly breaks, there is a risk of mercury poisoning. Therefore, it is better to buy such bulbs for rooms where light is not used so often. If the light bulb is screwed into a table lamp, then there should be a distance of 15 cm from the eye to the lamp.

If we talk about choosing a chandelier or lamp, then it is better not to take closed shades, otherwise there is a risk of overheating of the chandelier, which can lead to undesirable consequences.

How to remove the base from the light bulb?

The hardest part of disassembling a light bulb is removing the base. The base helps the lamp to gain a foothold in the cartridge, it also transmits current. It is difficult to take it out, and it consists of two parts: upper and lower. How to disassemble the lamp and remove the base? In order to remove the base, we take pliers, grab the base, loosen it and pull it out. It is advisable not to squeeze the pliers strongly so as not to damage the base. It happens that the base gets stuck in the cartridge. How to separate the base from the cartridge? We take pliers, pull out the base from the cartridge in the same way as from the light bulb. Just do it carefully so as not to damage the cartridge itself.

In order to understand when buying which base is in one or another lamp, you should know the following designations:

E - Edison threaded base;
G - pin base;
R - base with recessed contacts;
B - pin base (bayonet);
S - soffit base;
P - focusing base;
T - telephone base;
K - cable base;
W - lamps without base.

Small letters indicate the number of contacts:

s - single-contact;
d - two-pin;
t - three-pin;
q - four-pin;
p - five-pin.

There are 7 types of socles: threaded (incandescent), pin (halogen), pin (in car headlights), soffit (car interior lighting), focusing (movie projectors, flashlights), telephone (remote illumination), with recessed contact (quartz halogen).

Before you run to the store for light bulbs, look at what shape your cartridge is, so as not to make a mistake with the choice of base. The form depends on the type. If it is a threaded view, then it should be threaded, if it is a pin, then the base looks like a plug from a plug. The most common type is threaded, as it is used in almost all types of light bulbs.

In cases where an ordinary direct-heated light bulb stops working, it is not always reasonable to throw it away right away, since individual parts can still be useful in the household. But before using them for their intended purpose, it is important to find out how a failed light bulb is disassembled, some of the components of which are shown in the figure below.

To bring it into such a state, it will be necessary to prepare the appropriate tool (pliers, platypuses, tweezers and a screwdriver), and to protect against cuts, you will have to use thick rubber gloves.

Light bulb design

Before disassembling a light bulb for spare parts, you should familiarize yourself with its device, in the simplest case, represented by such three mandatory components as:

Glow electrodes with a spiral placed between them;
Protective flask (cylinder) made of glass;
The base part, after the removal of which it is possible to “open” the flask, thereby providing access to the inside of the product.

To understand what incandescent bulbs consist of, the figure below will help, in which the parts listed above are arranged from left to right.

The spiral built into the inner space is attached to two electrodes, one of which is soldered to the sleeve, and the second to its centered contact. Between them is a glassy mass with good insulating properties.

In the manufacture of a new light bulb, its insides are filled with a special gas that protects the electrodes and the working coil itself from oxidation and rapid burnout.

Additional Information. Energy-saving and LED lamps have a more complex design, therefore, when disassembling, not only lighting elements are removed from them, but also electronic boards (see photo below).

After getting acquainted with what the LED lamp consists of, it will be much easier to disassemble it.

Disassembly order

An ordinary incandescent lamp after its failure is disassembled quite simply. To do this, you will need to do the following simple operations:

First, grab the soldered contact from the very edge of the base with pliers or platypuses and try to loosen it while turning it in different directions;
This operation should be done until the conductor connecting this contact to the filament comes off;
After that, you can remove the solder contact, and then completely crack the insulator base of the base with the same tool.

Important! This must be done very carefully, trying not to damage the lamp bulb.

Then the part of the light bulb remaining inside (the so-called “leg”) should also be gently loosened, and after it is released, it should be completely removed. How to do this is shown in the photo below.

Together with this part, the heating body itself, which holds its electrodes and hooks, should be removed. Before removing it, it is recommended to spread a sheet of clean paper under the place of work, on which it will be possible to collect pieces of broken glass. At the end of disassembly, the empty flask is cleaned from the inside with a soft cloth or flannel.

Applying Exploded Elements

Disassemble such products most often for purely applied or decorative purposes, suggesting to have an original container based on heat-resistant glass. An empty glass flask can be used in the following cases:

In order to fill it with water and contain flower stems in it, for example;
Some craftsmen pour fuel into the flask and, dropping a homemade wick into it, use the structure as a lamp;
To place an attractive craft (sailboat, for example) inside the glass shell;
If you pour earth on its bottom, then it will be possible to plant a very small plant in it.

And finally, the lamp bulb can be used as an aquarium or as a container for long-term storage of spices.

The metal base of the light bulb should simply be carefully broken off, after first scratching the place of its junction with the bulb with a glass cutter. In addition, you can lower it into a very strong chemical solution, and after dissolving the metal component, separate one glass part from the mixture. As a result of this operation, it will be possible to obtain a high-quality heat-resistant insulator.

If a complete disassembly of the lamp is required, then it is most convenient to simply bend the base at the junction with the glass, after which the adhesive composition should be crumbled and the bulb released. Most often, this can be done without much difficulty, since the joint loses its strength in this place for a long-running or old lamp.

Removing one plinth

If a burned-out light bulb is carelessly unscrewed from the cartridge, its bulb can separate from the base and remain in the person’s hand. Before you disassemble the light bulb with the base remaining in the cartridge, you will need to do the following:

After turning off the electricity, you need to put on gloves on your hands, and goggles on your face, which will ensure their protection from glass fragments (it is recommended to wear a hat when the light bulb is high);
If the remains of broken glass are visible on the base, it will be necessary to lay a newspaper or a large sheet of thick paper on the floor under the lamp;
Then you should grab the edge of the exposed base with platypuses and start rotating it counterclockwise;

Note! If it is difficult to rotate, it must first be loosened with sharp movements in both directions.

You can also try to rotate it in the opposite direction (of course, if it lends itself).

After you manage to turn the base at least one thread, its further turning out will not require too much effort.

Another option is possible when it is not possible to grab the base of a broken lamp by the edges. In this case, it is necessary to insert the pliers inside the plinth glass and push their lips with force, resting against its walls from the inside. Then, turning the tool with force in a given direction, you should try to completely unscrew the base from the lamp socket (see photo below).

If you have to remove a broken base of a pendant lamp or sconce, first remove the lighting fixture from the wall and place it on a desktop or workbench so that there is a stop. If it is present, it will be much easier to remove a broken element.

For ease of disassembly, in all the situations described, it is recommended that the edges of the base be first slightly bent inwards using a flat screwdriver. After that, it will be much easier to grab the broken part by the edges.

Dismantling the LED lamp

A product called "LED lamp" is designed in such a way that it can be restored by disassembling it into its component parts, followed by the replacement of burned-out elements.

If desired, any user can disassemble a faulty LED lamp, even if they do not have the required amount of knowledge in electrical engineering. He will need to do the following:

First you need to check for voltage in the socket where it stood earlier by screwing in a known-good light bulb. If it does not light up, it is guaranteed that the LED product is burned out;
Then you need to take a damaged LED lamp, consisting of a housing with a base, a diffuser, a block of LEDs and a driver, and try to disassemble it;
There is no special tightness in the design of this product, so it is much easier to disassemble than an incandescent lamp and, in addition, it has a base of the same size;
But in this case, if the lamp is damaged, it is not at all necessary to crack it, since the dissipating bulb has special latches, after removing which you can see all the internal parts.

The features of the device and repair of LED lamps can be found in the relevant sources, in many presented on the Internet. In conclusion of this review, we note that when disassembling all known types of lighting fixtures with a glass bulb, the main thing is to provide protection measures against the possibility of injuring yourself on the sharp edges of a broken product. Only in this case, its disassembly and subsequent use for one purpose or another will make any sense.

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Damaged electric lamps do not have to be thrown into the trash. They make various crafts. To do this, the light element is disassembled. In this case, a screwdriver and thin-nosed pliers are used as a tool. Also, don't forget to protect your hands, so wear gloves. How to disassemble the light bulb and what comes of it, we'll talk further.

We disassemble the lamp with a cartridge

When the lamp is unscrewed from the base, the glass part often breaks or separates without the base. How to disassemble a light bulb without splitting it? To do this, follow the instructions:

Prepare the instrument. Do not forget about protective ammunition in order to avoid cuts.
With the help of thin-nosed pliers, the contact located in the depth of the base is grasped, gently loosened and pulled out.
Using the same tool, the base insulator is broken open. Be attentive and careful. It's a piece of glass, after all.
The contact of the bottom of the base is removed.
After removing the contact, proceed to the internal filling of the light bulb.
The elements remaining inside the product are loosened with a screwdriver, after which they are removed, carefully removing them with thin-nosed pliers.
Special attention is paid to the glass leg, which is located inside the lamp.
At the last stage, the filament body is removed along with the electrodes and the hook-holders of the element, before finally disassembling the light bulb.
If necessary, the light bulb is cleaned, polished and given an aesthetic appearance.

Disassembly of a fluorescent lamp

Many are interested in the question of how to disassemble an energy-saving light bulb, but few people ask if this can be done at all.

It is generally forbidden to disassemble a compact fluorescent light bulb with an electronic ballast mounted in the housing in the area of \u200b\u200bthe base (electronic ballast). Inside the lighting element contains poisonous mercury vapor. To access the launch controller and repair the lamp, take a wide flat screwdriver and unfasten the latches, observing in turn.

The process of disassembling the lamp is complicated. Products that have spent many days in operation are difficult to understand. After all, plastic, succumbing to prolonged heating, hardens, and the latches can break in the process of opening the lamp.

If the latches are broken, they are sawn off or cut off by running the blade of a sharp tool along the seam and then opening the halves. After such a reconstruction, the parts of the lamp are assembled back, gluing together.

Now you know how to disassemble a light bulb. And it will be easier to do this if you heat it with a building hair dryer. An electronic ballast is placed inside the product, connected to the base contacts using short wires.

How to disassemble the LED lamp?

You can hardly use such a light bulb for decoration or interior decoration. Devices are disassembled only for the purpose of repair. Understanding how to disassemble an LED light bulb can only be done by a person with extensive knowledge in the field of electronics.

First of all, they check the supply of electricity to the contacts of the cartridge into which the lamp is screwed. If there is power to the light bulb but no light, try to determine the cause. Most likely, it is in the light bulb itself. To check this, a working lamp is screwed into the same cartridge and checked to see if the light is on.

A glass bulb from a lamp can be used for a wide variety of purposes: for decoration, growing small ornamental plants, such as succulents, DIY crafts. You can come up with an original idea how to present such an ornament.

Content:

Non-working incandescent bulbs can be used for a wide range of crafts, decorations, and science projects. Disassembling a light bulb can be a little tricky at first, but everything will fall into place once you know what to expect and how to carry it out.

Steps

1 Open the light bulb

1 Grab the solder joint with pliers. Look at the bottom of the bulb and look for a small metal joint. Grab this joint firmly with needle-shaped nippers.
- You will be breaking glass during this step and during other processes, so it's best to work on the box or lay down some sheets of paper. You should also wear gloves and goggles.
2 Twist and pry out the metal. Turn the joint with pliers until you feel the copper part break one or two wires leading to the filament inside. When the metal base is free, remove it.
- Grab the light bulb firmly with your other hand as you remove the metal bottom.
- You may need to wiggle the sides of the plinth back and forth slightly if twisting doesn't work.
- The sides of the metal part should be sufficiently embossed so that you can grab a good grip with pliers while lifting the plinth.
3 Break the glass insulator. Hold one side of the black glass insulator at the bottom of the bulb with pliers. Twist it to break the glass.
- The glass in this place is thick, so you will have to make an effort to break it. Make sure you hold the bulb firmly with your other hand.
- The insulator will break into many pieces during this step, so don't forget about safety.
- You may need to break the insulator at different angles around the perimeter if it doesn't break completely the first time.
4 Remove all fragments of the broken insulator. Using tweezers, clean the light bulb base from fragments of black glass insulator.
- These shards will be very sharp, so you should not pick them up with your bare hands.
- After removing the glass of the insulator, you will see the internal components of the light bulb from below.
5 Remove the inner filling tube. Insert a flathead screwdriver into the bottom of the bulb, next to one side of the outer fill tube. Press down on the side of the tube with a screwdriver to pull it out.
- The lamp will be filled with argon or a similar inert safe gas. When you pull out the tube, you will hear a sound indicating the release of argon gas.
6 Pull out the tube. Insert a screwdriver between the tube and the lamp to release the tube completely, then pull it out with pliers or tongs.
- If you can successfully free the tube without breaking it, you can use it for something else.
- If you are unable to pull the tube out by prying it around with a screwdriver, you may need to apply more force and break the tube. Remove the fragments with tweezers when finished.
- You will have to put in a lot of effort, so make sure you have a firm grip on the bulb with your other hand.
7 Pull out the tungsten filament. Gently shake the remaining filament parts out of the light bulb onto your work surface.
- If the thread remains intact and intact, you can use it again.
- Do not forget that you need to pull the thread with pliers or tongs.
8 Break and remove the remaining glass. If there are small pieces of glass left along the inner edge of the bulb, carefully break them with a screwdriver.
- Remove the pieces with tongs.
- At this point, the bulb will be open and empty. You can stop at this step, but keep reading to see if you need it or not.

2 Remove the metal cartridge

1 Decide if it's necessary. For most projects, you can leave the chuck untouched. If you only need the glass part of the light bulb for the project, you will need to remove the metal socket before continuing.
- You may want to remove this detail for visual aesthetics. Another reason to remove it would be to create as much open space as possible at the base of the bulb.
- If you want to reattach the metal socket after removing it, you can do so by simply applying some glue to the top edge and pressing it against the bottom edge of the glass part of the bulb.
2 Soak the cartridge in hydrochloric acid. Pour some hydrochloric acid into a glass bowl. Place the cartridge in the acid and leave it there for 24 hours.
- Hydrochloric acid is a powerful cleaning agent often used to clean toilets and other dirty plumbing surfaces.
- Use enough acid to coat the metal part of the bulb.
3 Remove acid residue. After soaking the cartridge in acid, rinse it well under running water.
- Use a small amount of soapy water or an alkaline solution such as club soda to neutralize the acid left on the metal cartridge.
- Don't forget gloves to protect your hands from chemicals.
4 Carefully twist the metal cartridge. Hold the bulb with one hand and gently twist the socket with the other hand.
- The acid should neutralize the powerful adhesive that held the cartridge in place, making the cartridge pliable when removed.
- If you do everything right, you can avoid chipping the glass at the bottom of the light bulb.

3 Cleaning an open light bulb

1 Find out if it's necessary. If you have taken a transparent light bulb, you do not need to clean it. True, if you took a light bulb coated with white kaolin, you should clean it off before continuing any further.
- Kaolin is considered a safe substance, but still avoid getting it inside and in the eyes. Put on safety goggles and gloves.
2 Insert paper towels into the light bulb. Fill the light bulb with enough paper towels, leaving a loose end for you to pull out.
- Check for broken glass.
3 Scrape off the dust. Using the left end of the paper towels, roll them inside the light bulb, wiping off the coating.
- Dry paper towels are usually fine, but if you have trouble cleaning the light bulb with dry towels, dampen the towels a bit and try again.
4 Fill the light bulb with salt. If some of the kaolin won't rub off, fill the bulb a quarter or half full with salt.
- The abrasiveness of the salt will help clear the corners of the bulb from the kaolin.
5 Shake the light bulb. Gently cover the bottom of the bulb and shake it well. Salt should clean the light bulb from the remains of kaolin.
- Press down on the bottom of the bulb with your gloved finger to keep the salt from flying around. You can also cover the bottom of the bulb with a paper towel for the same purpose.
- Remove the salt when you're done. Throw away the salt, don't reuse it.
6 Go back to paper towels. If salt or kaolin remains in the middle of the bulb, wipe it off with paper towels.
- The stuff inside the light bulb should clean out fairly easily.
- When you complete this process, the light bulb will be completely open, clean and ready to use for any project you come up with.

Empty light bulbs can be used for countless projects. For example, you can use it for miniature models, terrarium, ornament, oil lamp, water glass, vase or sculpture.

Warnings

Never try to open a fluorescent light bulb. Compact fluorescent light bulbs contain mercury. This mercury is safe when inside the light bulb, but it can pose a moderate to severe hazard if the light bulb is exposed.
Protect your hands and eyes while working. Always wear safety goggles and gloves.

What will you need

incandescent lamp
Long nose pliers
Simple scissors or scissors for cutting metal
long tongs
Flat head screwdriver
Gloves (rubber, plastic or garden cloth)
Protective glasses
Soap and/or baking soda
Paper towels
Newspaper or boxes
Hydrochloric acid (optional)

LED lamps today are considered the most economical and durable compared to the rest. And although their cost is still relatively high, they are increasingly replacing incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
Why is this happening?
Mainly for two reasons:
1. incandescent lamps burn out quickly and have low efficiency,
2. fluorescent lamps require special disposal, as they have mercury vapor in the flask. In addition, breaking such a lamp at home, you can expose your household to the effects of poison.
There are no such problems with LEDs. Throw them anywhere and smash them to health, they do not pose any danger, except for glass fragments.

At the same time, there are a lot of companies producing these products, and choosing a quality product among them is sometimes not an easy task.
Yes, and the eminent brand does not guarantee full confidence in the long uninterrupted operation of the device.
What to do if the lamp has stopped shining, and it is impossible to change it under warranty. You can try to repair it yourself. Its device is not complicated and does not require special tools for disassembly.
This article will describe the disassembly and repair of a standard, budget-class LED lamp. In addition, one of the options for failure and its elimination is given.
Of the tools you need only a screwdriver, a knife and possibly a two-handed indicator.

If there is no indicator, any "dialing" will do.
So, let's start by removing the diffuser. To do this, insert the knife blade into the gap between the glass and the plastic case and gently move it in different directions.

The diffuser should come out of the latches and be removed without problems.

A board with LEDs and a rectifier opens up.

There is also a fuse on the board. To make sure that it is not burned out, we connect the ends of the dialing to its conclusions. Light or sound indication of the device will show its serviceability. If it doesn't show, you'll have to replace it.

When the fuse is intact, we disassemble further.
At the beginning, we unscrew the two screws securing the board, after which it can be easily removed.

Under the board is a radiator in the form of a metal flask.

The heat transfer of the board to the radiator is improved by thermal paste applied to both surfaces.
If necessary, it can be changed if it is dry. A regular thermal paste for a computer processor will do.
To continue disassembly, pull on the top of the lamp housing and it can be easily removed.

In the lower part of the case with a cartridge, you can see two metal strips, one end connected to the base, and the other with holes - where the screws go.

Thus, through the screw, voltage is transmitted from the base to the board.
The problem turned out to be that over time, the contact bent and did not come into contact with the board screw. Hence the absence of the glow of the lamp.
To eliminate this malfunction, simply bend the end of the contact strip with a screwdriver or tweezers.

Of course, you can do it better, for example, by soldering the wires to the board and the base. Then there will be no problems with contact. But more often than not, the first simple option is enough.
Now you can assemble the lamp in reverse order. We put on the upper part with a radiator so that two contacts fall into the holes.

Next, install the board and twist it.