[quote=plm]Bought new house three years ago and I’ve noticed that I must have about 20 of these recessed cans.
Is the GU24 socket what is in the recessed cans? Don’t know what I have but I know its not a standard twist light bulb since it broke when I tried to twist it off.
Such a pain having to remove the cover to get to the light bulb. I like the recessed cans with the BR40 bulbs much better but I suppose those aren’t CFL.
If I do have the GU24, how is the light bulb supposed to be removed without breaking it?
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Actually, they might not be GU24… Worse off, they might be any one of these…
Those bulbs typically look something like
In that case, it’s not a twist.. It’s a pull…
Then you are at the mercy of the few stores that carry them, that can probably charge whatever they want.
I had a bathroom recess lighting that wasn’t e26 or GU24. It was one in the picture I included above… I didn’t actually figure it out. Too hard too find, too expensive.. That was enough for me to get the nice wire cutters out and cut the socket out, replacing it with an e26 socket. Apparently there was some voltage regulator that I also had to take out too….I just ended up using a CFL with an e26 socket….
I’m waiting for the one inside the bathroom ventilator + light to break too.
That will be fun..
Lol….FLU: making a green house, less green one recess lighting at a time….
