Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken ...

Have you ever struggled to remove a shattered lightbulb from its socket? BobVila.com has three methods of extracting a broken bulb. Before attempting any of these techniques, disconnect the power ...

Given the combination of broken glass and electricity, if a light bulb breaks while still screwed into the socket of a lamp or other light fixture, it’s not a situation to be taken lightly.

Q A few months past, you wrote about extracting stuck and/or broken bulbs from light fixtures. I work for a power company, and we sometimes have difficulty unscrewing bulbs in streetlights. We prevent ...

Editor's Note: Mark Hetts is on vacation this week. This column originally ran the week of July 11, 2004. Q:You recently wrote about extracting stuck and/or broken bulbs from light fixtures. I work ...

Q. A few months past, you wrote about extracting stuck and/or broken bulbs from light fixtures. I work for a power company, and we sometimes have difficulty unscrewing bulbs in streetlights. We ...

A broken light bulb doesn’t just leave you in the dark. Shattered glass and exposed electrical connections are a hazard, especially when you’re trying to get the lightbulb base out of the socket. How ...