I can't tell by the picture how much of the socket is exposed in the shade above the bulb but when I had similar issues, what I did was the following:
1. Turned off the power (very important)
2. Wear heavy gloves
3. Slid one hand around the bulb and firmly held onto the socket and,
4. Carefully but forcefully unscrewed the bulb.
I recommend heavy gloves because too much force could break the bulb and a bulb cut
can be nasty.
Once you have the old bulb removed, you can smear some bulb grease on the bulb before inserting and
you wont' have this problem again.
-aki
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:34 AM, 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com' oakridgefarm@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
[Attachment(s) from oakridgefarm@gmail.com included below]I guess I wasn't too clear on this, It is the socket that is loose. When you try to unscrew the bulb, the entire socket turns and actually comes out, being held only by the wires. I checked online and it says to remove the fixture entirely, then take it apart, remove the wire from the old socket and rewire a new socket, then replace the fixture at the ceiling. I was hoping there was a way to do it without taking the fixture down. This is the one in the kitchen, 15' ceiling, I've no idea if it's as heavy as it looks but not something I want to test. We really need this light and several of the bulbs are out now.
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