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Duct tape is handy for all sorts of things, but it's also good for removing a stuck and stubborn light bulb from its fixture without damaging or breaking the bulb or the socket in the process. After ...

Incandescent light bulbs are known to occasionally shatter in their fixtures—and when they do, it’s both difficult and dangerous to extract the bulb’s threaded base from the socket. Bits of broken ...

Given the combination of broken glass and electricity, if a light bulb breaks while still screwed into the socket of a lamp or other light fixture, it’s not a situation to be taken lightly.