Changing a lightbulb, easy - not
#1
12-04-09, 06:18 PM
Changing a lightbulb, easy - not
I'm in a similar pickle to this person:
http://forum.doityourself.com/lighti...-required.html
It looks a lot like that one. My model is SMC (or Shell) OJ44V.
but mine is wierder. Here is what I get when I unscrew the bottom:
They made it even harder to get to the bulb.
Note the little dent right above my hand. There are 3 of them and I'm thinking those might somehow be holding the glass part in place, but I'm hoping someone here can tell me for sure before I go jabbing a flat bladed screwdriver around glass. (I probed gently but could not easily pry it off.) Anyone have this fan? Any suggestions?
http://forum.doityourself.com/lighti...-required.html
It looks a lot like that one. My model is SMC (or Shell) OJ44V.
but mine is wierder. Here is what I get when I unscrew the bottom:
They made it even harder to get to the bulb.Note the little dent right above my hand. There are 3 of them and I'm thinking those might somehow be holding the glass part in place, but I'm hoping someone here can tell me for sure before I go jabbing a flat bladed screwdriver around glass. (I probed gently but could not easily pry it off.) Anyone have this fan? Any suggestions?
#2
12-04-09, 06:38 PM
Forum Topic Moderator
Reinstall the part you took off. Lift gently on the glass shade while twisting, probably to the left. The shade should drop down.
#3
12-04-09, 08:38 PM
Thanks for the quick reply, but it doesn't do anything like lifting. I can shift it a millimeter or two upwards awith the screwdriver, but it's impossible to get enough of a grip on it to do any turning. I'm scared I will break the glass if I grab it any tighter. Who the heck designs these things -- the Spanish Inquisition? 
I think I'm just gonna go to the lighting store to replace the entire thing. It came with the house, and frankly I think it looks like a piece of junk, anyway.
I think I'm just gonna go to the lighting store to replace the entire thing. It came with the house, and frankly I think it looks like a piece of junk, anyway.
