To change bulbs which are very high up, especially those down lighters? Anyone see these around? The closest I've seen were the poles used to test or remove the covers from smoke detectors which are located on very high ceilings.
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To change bulbs which are very high up, especially those down lighters? Anyone see these around? The closest I've seen were the poles used to test or remove the covers from smoke detectors which are located on very high ceilings.
Some of those spots are very high up.
soulie
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the ones we used on par 38 was like a big rubber sucker on a pole,it had a string to release the suction when inplace ,we also had one for es and bc globes the globes sat in a rubber holder .
Harmonic
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Maybe consider a very long ladder
If they're in the middle of a room (not near a wall) a ladder can't really be put anywhere. I've got bulbs in my place I can't really reach either without some kind of extension arm (I've just left the bulbs dead as I cba to replace)
Harmonic
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Step ladder.
Still not high enough.
Speedster
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Scaffold
You get step ladders that are over 6m in height.
EDIT - I remember they had even taller ones at school to change the lightbulbs in the gymnasium.
Jean Claude Vaaldamme
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Downlighters I know have a little metal spring you have to remove. You probably wont remove that with any pole thingy and definitely not going to refit it.
Then after you have removed the spring the bulb falls out, still connected to fitting and you have to hold the fitting in one hand and unscrew bulb with other hand, thus no pole will work.
Then after you have removed the spring the bulb falls out, still connected to fitting and you have to hold the fitting in one hand and unscrew bulb with other hand, thus no pole will work.
Ares1000101
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2 step ladders
Jokeez aside you do get tall step ladders. Might be cheaper to rent one and do all your bulbs at once.
soulie
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yes the spring is a throwdown from a lot of the old halogen gu10s ,they had a loose glass lens that the spring held in place ,the globes were open ,a lot of the new gu10s have a fixed base and no spring but then the globe isnt flush ,as in track or rail lighting .all the cheapies are open loose connectors these days .
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No I'm speaking normal gu10 fittings that most houses have. No glass lens that needs a spring. Used the halogen before and then closed LED's. The fitting where the bulb screw in just hangs on wires and the metal spring/clip holds the bulb in place. Most houses in SA that have downlighters have these.
Search downlighters and you will see it is still the main thing being sold.
It is probably the easiest downlight to fit for a builder/electrician, so I don't see many using something else.
upup
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Whenever I am sitting in a building with high lights, I always wonder how they maintain it.
upup
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And this is a good point, sometimes I struggle with that spring clip. Just the other day someone install 6 lights in our house, one kept on pushing that spring out. The builder made the power wire to short.
soulie
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also the cheapest option .