Bulbs won’t work

FreeBear

TELLIT01 said:  Bin the lamp.

But please dispose of it responsibly by recycling it - Some councils will now collect small electrical items alongside regular waste (mine does). If you are purchasing a lamp from a local store, they should also accept the old lamp under WEEE regulations free of charge.

ripplyuk

I’m going to bring the lamp up to my local electrical/hardware store and ask if they can fix it. I know the lamp might be broken but I need to know for sure before dumping it. It was working perfectly before the bulb blew. Also, I can’t find anything suitable online. They’re all either ugly or the wrong size. 

Risteard

TELLIT01 said:

After trying 2 different bulbs, both of which didn't work with the lamp, I would strongly suspect the fault lay with the lamp and not with the bulb.  Bin the lamp.

A lamp is what's commonly referred to as a "bulb".

Money_Grabber13579

My experience with touch lights is that when the bulb blows, the resultant electrical surge takes the touch mechanism out with it. I had to get the touch mechanism bypassed on my touch lights and replaced with normal switches. If the light is expensive enough or otherwise worth saving, perhaps you could do the same and then buy a bulb which can be dimmed by remote control or something like a Bluetooth Philips Hue bulb.