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celticdragonfly) wrote2006-02-06 06:46 pm
celticdragonfly) wrote2006-02-06 06:46 pm
Light troubles
I posted this to LJGenie, but I'll crosspost it here too.
I have a light fixture in my foyer that is the bane of my life. It hangs up very high, higher than we can reach from our stepladder. All three bulbs were dead when we moved in, and it took a LONG time to get them replaced, and a very scary trip up on an inconvenient rented extension ladder. Now all three bulbs are dead again. I can't use one of the extendable light-changing pole things - they work if the lightbulb points down. That fixture has the lightbulbs pointing up.
I'm thinking that maybe we should look into replacing the fixture entirely. The cost and hassle of having it done might be worth it if we can end up with something that doesn't cause this sort of problem every time. IF I can find something that will work better. I'd really like one that could crank down somehow like a candle chandelier does to be changed. Does such a thing exist? Failing that, if I got one with the bulbs pointed down, do those extendable light-changing pole things work on a chandelier that's swinging on a chain, not fixed in one place? Or does anyone have any other suggestions?
I have a light fixture in my foyer that is the bane of my life. It hangs up very high, higher than we can reach from our stepladder. All three bulbs were dead when we moved in, and it took a LONG time to get them replaced, and a very scary trip up on an inconvenient rented extension ladder. Now all three bulbs are dead again. I can't use one of the extendable light-changing pole things - they work if the lightbulb points down. That fixture has the lightbulbs pointing up.
I'm thinking that maybe we should look into replacing the fixture entirely. The cost and hassle of having it done might be worth it if we can end up with something that doesn't cause this sort of problem every time. IF I can find something that will work better. I'd really like one that could crank down somehow like a candle chandelier does to be changed. Does such a thing exist? Failing that, if I got one with the bulbs pointed down, do those extendable light-changing pole things work on a chandelier that's swinging on a chain, not fixed in one place? Or does anyone have any other suggestions?
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Why yes. He IS a rocket scien...I mean Engineer. ;-)
"And it's ME that is always the one up on top of the ladder."
So what you're saying is that among all the other nifty stuff they taught
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