Ceiling Light Shade Removal Question

[YamFazFan]

Any info here would be much appreciated.

Does anyone know how you remove the shade from the type of ceiling light in the photo please?.

There's no outer shade fixings at all and no evidence of their ever having been any (no screw holes etc..)

The shade will rotate endlessly both clockwise and anticlockwise without coming off.

Both base and shade are plastic.

Thanking you kindly

[celticdog]

Well that's got me thinking!


1. try turning the white part anticlockwise but this time with downward pressure, it may need to catch on the thread.
2. Do the same again only in the opposite direction.
3. stick a screwdriver in between the black and white sections and gently try to lever off.
4. Do the same as no 3 again but this time have 2 screwdrivers- on at 3 and one a 9 o clock.
5. try any or all of the above to the black section in case it's like a 'sealed unit' with a lid.
6. Take a hammer to the foccer and buy a new light fitting.

[Mark YPVS]

If the black base is plastic it should lever off but use a electrically insulated screwdriver and isolate the light first 
Mark

[celticdog]

If the black base is plastic it should lever off but use a electrically insulated screwdriver and isolate the light first 
Mark

That's no good is it!?! How can you see what to do without having the light on. 

[Mark YPVS]

If the black base is plastic it should lever off but use a electrically insulated screwdriver and isolate the light first 
Mark

That's no good is it!?! How can you see what to do without having the light on. 

Hahahaha i hadn't thought of that

[YamFazFan]

1. try turning the white part anticlockwise but this time with downward pressure, it may need to catch on the thread.

That was my first thought but no luck there

[Frosties]

Well that's got me thinking!


1. try turning the white part anticlockwise but this time with downward pressure, it may need to catch on the thread.
2. Do the same again only in the opposite direction.
3. stick a screwdriver in between the black and white sections and gently try to lever off.
4. Do the same as no 3 again but this time have 2 screwdrivers- on at 3 and one a 9 o clock.
5. try any or all of the above to the black section in case it's like a 'sealed unit' with a lid.
6. Take a hammer to the foccer and buy a new light fitting.

'Cos it's ugly as fook 

[Hugh Mungus]

I would assume that it clips into place OR it might have a couple of slots that need lining up before it can be lowered.


I suggest that you try rotating the shade while feeling for a slight notchy feeling which might indicate a slot having just lined up, then carefully prise it off. When that fails just hit it with the aforementioned hammer and replace with a nice new LED unit.

[agricola]

1 Try turning the black base, it may be screwed onto a holder
2 Look for timing marks on both the black and white sections, if there are, line them up and pull the two apart
3 Wrap the thing in cling film and tap the white glass with a hammer, the film should stop the glass splintering all ove rthe floor and into your eyes, then carefully remove the offending object

[YamFazFan]

I would assume that it clips into place OR it might have a couple of slots that need lining up before it can be lowered.


I suggest that you try rotating the shade while feeling for a slight notchy feeling which might indicate a slot having just lined up, then carefully prise it off.

Tried that too with no luck ( feeling for notches/slots, not prising which I'm reluctant to do until I'm sure I won't break anything)

And before anyone else mentions it again , I can't take a hammer to the offending item as it's not mine.

[Nemesis]

Hammer time regardless, oops accidentally of course

[fazersharp]

Did you idiots not listen NO Hammer -------- He cant touch it.

Let me explain

[Skippernick]

I can't take a hammer to the offending item as it's not mine.

Then its not your problem!


Fixed that for you. Thank me later.

[YamFazFan]

Yeah ta for that

Forgot to mention, both the base and shade are plastic.

[Hugh Mungus]

I can't take a hammer to the offending item as it's not mine.

Forgot to mention, both the base and shade are plastic.

Two vital bits of info there...


I've had the same sort of problem many years ago and there were 2 or 3 tiny grub screws. If you cannot find a grub screw in the black part that may be holding the white part in then it's going to be a prise off job.

[red98]

Yep , if its made of plastic that is indeed a big clue , at first glance I was thinking glass.....my guess as its plastic is , its probably an inexpensive unit and just clipped together , I would start by running a blade between the two parts , if it is just push fit it wont take much to separate the two halves , will be light weight and wont need much to hold it together.....looks old too me so take it easy when levering , that plastic might have gone brittle with age....

[YamFazFan]

Cheers fellas, that sounds likely then.

I've updated the original post to include the plastic info now.

Would it still rotate as it does if it was indeed clipped together do you think?.

[BBROWN1664]

Would it still rotate as it does if it was indeed clipped together do you think?.

Yes

It will either prise off or will need a hammer. Depending how old it is it may break anyway.

[Oldgit]

Hammer time--you Can touch this

[YamFazFan]

Would it still rotate as it does if it was indeed clipped together do you think?.

Yes

It will either prise off or will need a hammer. Depending how old it is it may break anyway.

Approx 30 years old I'm guessing.

OK thanks to the famous Foccer Font Of Knowledge i now feel empowered😉.

Will report back in due course.

(only seeking to gain access to the light bulb in order to replace).

[tommyardin]

Talking of hammers,

The judge says to a double-homicide defendant, "You're charged with beating your wife to death with a hammer."
A voice at the back of the courtroom yells out, "You Swine."
 
The judge says, "You're also charged with beating your mother-in-law to death with a hammer."
 
The voice in the back of the courtroom yells out, "You Dirty Swine."
 
The judge stops and says to the guy in the back of the courtroom, "Sir, I can understand your anger and frustration at this violent and brutal crime. But no more outbursts from you, or I'll charge you with contempt. Is that understood?"
 
The guy in the back of the court stands up and says, "I'm sorry, Your Honour, but for fifteen years I've lived next door to that bastard, and every time I asked to borrow a hammer, he said he didn't have one." 

[Hugh Mungus]

Don't know why but part of my reply earlier went into really small writing... Repeated below...

I've had the same sort of problem many years ago and there were 2 or 3 tiny grub screws.

[mtread]

Bloody Hammers. They park the bus all the game, and get a goal with their first shot 

[darrsi]

Don't know why but part of my reply earlier went into really small writing... Repeated below...

I've had the same sort of problem many years ago and there were 2 or 3 tiny grub screws.

Yeah, it's still all a bit of a mystery why it still does that, most often when you copy and paste something?

[HarryHornby]

Does the black base slide over some sort of clip in the ceiling rather than turning it, try pushing it from various angles.