Change Eyeball Recessed Light Bulb

Place your ladder on level ground beneath the eyeball light.

Change eyeball recessed light bulb.

How to remove bulb from a small eyeball spotlight. Changing the light bulb and the trim can convert a recessed can light to a spotlight. First make sure the bulb is cool to the touch. The eyeball or gimbal fixture has spring loaded clips.

Bulbs in baffle eyeball and open trims 1. First turn off the switch and circuit breaker and remove the bulb. Adjust an eyeball trim until the light bulb points straight down toward the floor before removing the bulb. Then snap the socket into the top of the eyeball shroud and push the eyeball trim up into the can photo 2.

Remove the screws. To change a lightbulb in a recessed light wait until the bulb is cool before tearing off a strip of duct tape. Changing a light bulb in a recessed ceiling fixture can drive you crazy. Unless you re extraordinarily tall you ll probably need a step ladder for this project.

Cut a 6 to 8 inch length. Defeat this frustrating problem with a strip of duct tape. Take care not to damage. Switch off the power and secure the circuit panel.

Be sure to use the type of bulb recommended on the label in the housing. Then fold the tape over on itself at both ends so you have handles to grip with a sticky part in the middle. How to replace eyeball lights step 1. The first step to replacing these recessed lights is to remove the light bulb by simply unscrewing it from the socket.

Turn off the light switch to your baffle eyeball or open trim downlight. Position a ladder beneath the light bulb. 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. 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.

Gently slide the putty knife under the trim on the edge of the eyeball lighting socket. Hold the handles then press the sticky part of the tape against the flat surface of the bulb.