How to disassemble a light bulb

Our land is rich in various “Kulibins” and “lefties”. Often they bring their far from standard ideas to life, using quite ordinary things at hand. They also found where to adapt the flask from the most ordinary, and even burnt-out, incandescent lamp. Only fluorescent and LED light bulbs are not suitable for creativity. Such light sources are dismantled exclusively for repair purposes.

Be that as it may, it is important to know how the light bulb works in order to disassemble it correctly, and only then you can figure out what can come out of it.

Light bulb device

Knowing how an incandescent lamp works will greatly simplify and speed up its dismantling. The main element of the lamp is a tungsten filament, which is attached to electrodes. It is the glow of this thread under the influence of electric current that we see when we press the switch button. To give greater rigidity, there are additional holders on the glass support - the glazing bead. The rod, made of glass, is connected to a leg, which includes electrodes, as well as a rod and a plate.

Reference. Everything that is inside the lamp must be removed through the base part.

How to disassemble an incandescent light bulb

First of all, it is worth keeping in mind that any light bulb is a glass product, which means it is fragile. Its leg is very thin, while the base insulator has a rough design.

To avoid fragments, and even more so to avoid injury from them, you need to disassemble the light bulb inside a cardboard box. You also need to place a soft cloth on the bottom.

First, we arm ourselves with thin-nose pliers and remove the contact soldered into the neck of the flask.

You should try to loosen this contact by turning it around its own axis until it becomes noticeable that the elements attached to it have broken off. Now this contact is not held by anything and can be removed.

It's time to get rid of the insulation on the base. The same thin-nose pliers will help you deal with it. It is enough to loosen the lamp leg with them, after which it can be removed, along with the plate, electrodes, rod and tungsten filament.

Now we take a piece of cloth and wipe the entire surface of the glass flask. In fact, she is the only one left now. We removed all the insides.

What to do with this flask now is entirely your business. That's what imagination is capable of, that's what you can create. You can pour salt or sugar into it, arrange a small aquarium or an unusual lamp.

The base clearly does not fit into most of the ideas in which a flask can be used. Removing it will not be difficult, since it is not held securely. You can put it in acid for twenty-four hours. This will get rid of the glue that holds the base to the bulb.

Important! After working with acid, it is necessary to treat the product with a soap solution, and then rinse thoroughly. And, of course, we should not forget that the work must be carried out with personal protective equipment, which includes rubber gloves.

You can simply turn the base in the place where it is connected to the bulb.And only then get rid of traces of glue. Sometimes small scratches with a glass cutter at the junction of the bulb and the base are enough for it to separate.

What can lamp elements be used for?

There are a great many options for using an incandescent lamp bulb. Very often, such a flask is used to create a miniature model of the world in it, or, more simply, a small terrarium or florarium.

Decorative miniature florarium in a lamp

Before setting up a florarium, or indeed doing anything with the light source, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work. Simply put, get rid of all unnecessary elements, and how to do this has already been mentioned above. Our goal is a glass bulb and a base.

Next there are several options. Our task is to make a stand. A beautiful pebble or wire is suitable for these purposes. If the choice is made in favor of a stone, then you need to apply hot glue to the surface of one of its faces and place a lamp on it. Next, you can begin registration.

For filling we will take moss from the forest. Mix it with soil and tree bark. To make it easier to place all this inside the flask, we will use a paper funnel. At the bottom it is necessary to make a drainage covering from small pebbles, on top of which sand can be poured.

Now everything needs to be leveled, for this you can use a small stick. Then add some soil. Using tweezers, place them on the surface of the plant and slightly deepen them. Having collected water into a medical syringe, we water them. At this stage the hole can be closed. This can be done with a cork, which can easily be made from any branch or acorn.

We created our own isolated environment inside the flask. Plants will thrive in it.Carbon dioxide will be absorbed, oxygen will be released, and the water will complete its cycle.

Parsing an LED lamp

The LED-based lamp was made in such a way that it is completely repairable, the main thing is to disassemble it correctly. It is necessary to understand which part to remove and which to replace so that after assembly the lamp continues to function normally. Disassembling this light source is not particularly difficult. With due diligence, almost any person who knows the most minimal set of concepts about electrical engineering can cope with this.

For a successful outcome you need to do the following:

1. Check for voltage in the socket. We simply install a working one in place of the old light bulb. If it shows no signs of life, then the lighting device has really burned out.
2. Let's take it apart carefully. The device consists of a housing on which there is a base. A diffuser, LED block, and drivers are installed inside. LED lamps are not sealed, so this makes them easier to disassemble, unlike incandescent lamps. And their bases are the same sizes.

Reference. If the lamp is damaged, there is no need to break the base at all: there are special latches on the scattering bulb. If you remove them, you can gain access to all internal elements.

How LED lamps work, the details of their repair - all this is described in detail in various special materials.

Concluding the story about lamps, I would like to remind you once again that you need to be very careful with them. After all, their main part is a glass bulb, so it is necessary to take safety measures so that the sharp edges of a damaged light source do not cause injury to you or others.Only with such an attitude to the matter will the desire to disassemble the lamp be justified, and in the future adapt it or its elements to specific needs and tasks.