Bulb blown inside lamp.

Started by Anonymous, March 3, 2006, 09:13

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Anonymous

March 3, 2006, 09:13 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Hi

Anyone go any bright ideas ?

My headlamp bulb has blown and smashed, prob due to excessive condensation on the inside of the light unit. I guess some water dripped on the bulb while it was on.   s:evil: :evil: s:evil:  

There is now bulb glass inside the light unit. I havnt taken the unit out yet. I will tomorrow when I get the bumper off. But from looking at it from the outside it looks like it wont be as simple as just skaking out, as there is a ridge inside. I thought about adapting a hoover nozzle.    s:shock: :shock: s:shock:  

But does anyone know of a better way ?   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

Anonymous

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March 3, 2006, 09:23 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Depending on how keen you are on cleaning out the insides it's supposedly possible to dismantle the headlight by heating it in the oven to soften the glue.

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spit

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March 3, 2006, 10:50 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by spit
Yep you can dismantle with heat and reassemble - something you might want to consider to rectify the condensation problem....

A quicker fix is your hoover plan (with care not to catch the reflector): I managed to get some leaves in mine during a hairdryer de-fogging session  s:oops: :oops: s:oops:   They came out with a bit of keyhole surgery from a piece of hose taped to the hoover. I managed this with the lamp in situ - you should have more control with the assembly out.

Or you could fill it with water and watch the glass float out  s:wink: :wink: s:wink:    s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

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Anonymous

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March 6, 2006, 13:06 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Thats a really good idea with the water. Will do that.

Nice 1 !!!

Got loads of time to dry it out so........

Anonymous

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March 6, 2006, 13:50 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
I'm willing to be proven wrong but since glass has a density of 2.6 I'd be more than a little surprised if broken glass floated.

Anonymous

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March 6, 2006, 13:56 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
Right. forget that then.

Anonymous

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March 6, 2006, 14:05 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
To expereiment why not go old skool and try washing your glasses in the sink rather than stacking the dishwasher. Then you'll know if glass floats!

Anonymous

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March 6, 2006, 15:39 Last Edit: January 1, 1970, 01:00 by Anonymous
OK. OK. No need to take the piss.

I got the whole thing out in the end today. It turns out that the glass can actually fall down the back of reflector part. Easy.
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