Change Eyeball Recessed Light Bulb

Turn off the light switch to your baffle eyeball or open trim downlight.

Change eyeball recessed light bulb.

Defeat this frustrating problem with a strip of duct tape. Position a ladder beneath the light bulb. Remove the screws. How to replace eyeball lights step 1.

Then fold the tape over on itself at both ends so you have handles to grip with a sticky part in the middle. First make sure the bulb is cool to the touch. Bulbs in baffle eyeball and open trims 1. Cut a 6 to 8 inch length.

The eyeball or gimbal fixture has spring loaded clips. Unscrew the wing nut that holds the base of the light in place and remove the socket photo 1. Adjust an eyeball trim until the light bulb points straight down toward the floor before removing the bulb. Changing the light bulb and the trim can convert a recessed can light to a spotlight.

Hold the handles then press the sticky part of the tape against the flat surface of the bulb. Place your ladder on level ground beneath the eyeball light. How to remove bulb from a small eyeball spotlight. Changing a light bulb in a recessed ceiling fixture can drive you crazy.

Take care not to damage. Shut off power take utility knife and score any paint that may have sealed the ring to ceiling pull the ring from straight down compress and release spring tension pull assembly out of can. Switch off the power and secure the circuit panel. There s all different types of these lights if this isn t the one you have keep searching for the right vi.

Gently slide the putty knife under the trim on the edge of the eyeball lighting socket. That s because there s very little space between the bulb and the trim ring making it impossible to get a firm grip on the bulb. To change a lightbulb in a recessed light wait until the bulb is cool before tearing off a strip of duct tape. Be sure to use the type of bulb recommended on the label in the housing.

Then snap the socket into the top of the eyeball shroud and push the eyeball trim up into the can photo 2. First turn off the switch and circuit breaker and remove the bulb.