Friday, June 3, 2011

How do you change the light bulb in a recessed canister light?

We have a canister light in our shower that is covered by fogged glass and for the life of me, I can not figure out how to change the light bulb. I can pull by the plastic lip of the light and remove the entire unit, but from there, I can't figure out how to do anything with it.



It looks kind of like this:

http://www.light-my-house.co.uk/images/pHow do you change the light bulb in a recessed canister light?the crome peice should come off. it is held in place with spring steel tabs. the crome may instead be threaded and needs to be turned off. either way that is the key to changins the bulb.How do you change the light bulb in a recessed canister light?Try gently pushing the glass lens in towards the bulb. It might be a bit stuck. If this is the case you'll have to fanagle the lens to one side so your hand can reach the bulb.



You might try to gently pull the plastic outer ring down as it could be held in place by some type of spring. If your able to remove the entire light than it needs to be mounted correctly. my guess because i have the same type is you just need to move the lens to the side.How do you change the light bulb in a recessed canister light?You should not be able to remove the entire unit. You should just have to pull down on the ring against the ceiling and the bulb should be exposed. the ring should be held on by some type of spring clip. Try grabbing the side of the canister and pulling on the ring and see if the bulb becomes exposed.