Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Pn can you leave it on 'on' with the thermostat on very low, so nothing will freeze?

I doubt it'll freeze anyway. I'm in a warm part of the country; this place retains its warmth exceedingly well; it's quite sheltered here and .... the weather report doesn't show temperatures going below 7 degrees for the next 10 days.

On the other hand, if in 4 days' time they say "huge snowstorm coming now" ...

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

But you have a smartphone with camera and know how to post pictures on here.

We can advise you on how to change a lightbulb.

The trouble with lightbulbs is they might need tugging, or they might need twisting, or bayonets need a push and a twist then pull - and you've no idea how hard... so you can wreck something just by trying it "hard enough" .... and if you don't try it hard enough nothing happens .... I've taken a snap of the light.... but I couldn't get that close to it - arm fully extended is obviously nowhere near the ceiling where the light is.

Here it is - and that tells me nothing: http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r775/ephonepics/2013-12/IMG_20131221_135937547_zpsnf4jw06a.jpg

There's no space for me to get my fingers in the gap, to give it a twist.... maybe I should push/shove it and twist with my fingers on the front glass ..... I've no idea what could be right.... and what could potentially be dangerous/wrong.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

The trouble with lightbulbs is they might need tugging, or they might need twisting, or bayonets need a push and a twist then pull - and you've no idea how hard... so you can wreck something just by trying it "hard enough" .... and if you don't try it hard enough nothing happens .... I've taken a snap of the light.... but I couldn't get that close to it - arm fully extended is obviously nowhere near the ceiling where the light is.

Here it is - and that tells me nothing: http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r775/ephonepics/2013-12/IMG_20131221_135937547_zpsnf4jw06a.jpg

There's no space for me to get my fingers in the gap, to give it a twist.... maybe I should push/shove it and twist with my fingers on the front glass ..... I've no idea what could be right.... and what could potentially be dangerous/wrong.

We have those lights!

You should be able to see a wire in a circle that doesn't quite complete. you squeeze the two ends together and the wire comes out. That allows the bulb to drop down so you can see its connectors. The connectors will either be two little wires that push in to the connector or a bayonnet type fitting with two prongs that look like nail heads.

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

We have those lights!

You should be able to see a wire in a circle that doesn't quite complete. you squeeze the two ends together and the wire comes out. That allows the bulb to drop down so you can see its connectors. The connectors will either be two little wires that push in to the connector or a bayonnet type fitting with two prongs that look like nail heads.

That sounds complex...... I can understand you see a wire and squeeze it ... I can understand that the light then drops down ..... presumably still attached ... but once swapped, do you just push the new lightbulb back in and it "clicks" into position or something?

Also unsure how you'd get your fingers into a 2-3mm gap to be able to squeeze these wires....

Can't see evidence a wire exists from that photo....

Need a ladder to get up that high, so it'll be awhile before I get one of those.

I just measured things: the ceiling is 94" high. If I stand and stretch my fingers up, the tip of my longest finger is 76" high.

silvercar

Once you get the light bulb out it will be one of these:

http://www.ledlightszone.co.uk/customimage/mr16-gu10-comparison.jpg

the MR16 on the left just pushes into the connector, the GU10 on the right is a standard bayonnet fitting.

silvercar

PasturesNew wrote: »

That sounds complex...... I can understand you see a wire and squeeze it ... I can understand that the light then drops down ..... presumably still attached ... but once swapped, do you just push the new lightbulb back in and it "clicks" into position or something?

Also unsure how you'd get your fingers into a 2-3mm gap to be able to squeeze these wires....

Need a ladder to get up that high, so it'll be awhile before I get one of those.

If it is MR16 it pushes to the end of the connector - there is no click as such. The GU10 has a bayonnet feel, either it is in the "drop out position" or it is firmly "in". No click, but you will know as you do with an old fashioned bayonnet bulb.

When you have changed the bulb, you push it back up the hole. There is no fitting as such, if you push it too far it will drop down until it rests on the horse shoe like round wire

silvercar

Not sure what you mean by a 2-3mm gap. Look at this picture as it shoes the horse shoe shaped wire. See there is a dimple on one side of the wire and the other side doesn't complete the circle. Where the circle doesnt complete, the ends bend down or in. It is these 2 ends that you squeeze together. that makes the circle smaller and the wire drops out. So the bulb follows it (still attached) as there is nothing holding it in. It should drop down a few inches, so you can change the bulb easily.

http://www.harrisonlighting.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x650/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/c/acpch.jpg

PasturesNew

Tree's finished ... few more baubles on it. Quick snap: http://i1366.photobucket.com/albums/r775/ephonepics/2013-12/2013-TreeLightsDecs/644b35a2-7d05-4fe5-81a2-87e6a389955c_zps347468fa.jpg

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Not sure what you mean by a 2-3mm gap. Look at this picture as it shoes the horse shoe shaped wire. See there is a dimple on one side of the wire and the other side doesn't complete the circle. Where the circle doesnt complete, the ends bend down or in. It is these 2 ends that you squeeze together. that makes the circle smaller and the wire drops out. So the bulb follows it (still attached) as there is nothing holding it in. It should drop down a few inches, so you can change the bulb easily.

http://www.harrisonlighting.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x650/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/a/c/acpch.jpg

Still all sounds a bit complex - I see no wires on/near the front of the spotlight. I tried to take another snap, but I am too far away from the light to see what I'm doing, get a good shot, hold the camera steady.

PasturesNew

I also hate that you never know if you left the light switched on or off.... and I hate the surprise of the bulb suddenly lighting up when I put it in.