OT - replacing light bulbs

Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out of
light bulbs. ;-)

A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds to
wedge the ladder *over* the student desk that was underneath dead bulb in
order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have to wonder...

Cathy

In article <R-SdnReWZOtxXdLYnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
"Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
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> Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
> stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out of
> light bulbs. ;-)
>
> A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
> classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds to
> wedge the ladder *over* the student desk that was underneath dead bulb in
> order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have to wonder...
>
> Cathy[/color]

and here I thought you had some specific questions about replacing tail
light bulbs in a 04 Toyota Sienna, for shame on you!!

The old brick school I attended had very old incandescent lights and not
the more modern fluorescent lights. These old bulbs lasted for ever but
did not give out the lumens that more modern lights emit. We did have
large windows, which during the day allowed us much light and we could
open them too for fresh air which you can't do nowdays in modern
schools. Or can you?
--

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:10:34 -0500, "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net>
wrote:
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>Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
>stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out of
>light bulbs. ;-)[/color]

How about replacing bulbs for the instrument cluster? Ye flipping
gods...

" dbu," <lefties@arelosers.com> wrote in message
news:lefties-383ACF.17455506112006@comcast.dca.giganews.com...[color=blue]
> In article <R-SdnReWZOtxXdLYnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
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>> Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
>> stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out
>> of
>> light bulbs. ;-)
>>
>> A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
>> classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds to
>> wedge the ladder *over* the student desk that was underneath dead bulb in
>> order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have to wonder...
>>
>> Cathy[/color]
>
> and here I thought you had some specific questions about replacing tail
> light bulbs in a 04 Toyota Sienna, for shame on you!![/color]

See my second post in the other thread. I didn't see "tail" the first time
through! <g>
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> The old brick school I attended had very old incandescent lights and not
> the more modern fluorescent lights. These old bulbs lasted for ever but
> did not give out the lumens that more modern lights emit. We did have
> large windows, which during the day allowed us much light and we could
> open them too for fresh air which you can't do nowdays in modern
> schools. Or can you?[/color]

Yes, they all open. In my building ('53 original wing, '72 wing, plus
recent-ish renovations), at any rate. Actually I think at least one *has*
to, re: "Rescue Window". Plus I can't imagine what it'd be like,
warmth-wise, if I couldn't open the windows - just thinking about that:
arggghhh. There have been times when it was snowing, yet I've had a window
open - room was stifling, otherwise. But sometimes only one window per room
has a screen, so if it's spring/summer, eventually in comes a bee, which
sets the kids off...

The windows in my regular classroom go right up to the ceiling, & span an
entire wall - lots of light. That room was completely renovated, maybe...
8 - 10 years ago. Those in the temporary room in which I'm presently
ensconced *used* to go up to the ceiling, but the upper portions were walled
over back in the 70's... :-(

Cathy

Cathy F., 11/6/2006,6:10:34 PM, wrote:
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> Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of
> a stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss
> one's out of light bulbs. ;-)
>
> A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
> classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds
> to wedge the ladder over the student desk that was underneath dead
> bulb in order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have
> to wonder...
>
> Cathy[/color]

How many school employees does it take to change a light bulb...?

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:10:34 -0500, "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net>
wrote:
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>Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
>stairwell![/color]


Easy! :-)

[url]http://www.comforthouse.com/profligchan.html[/url]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:45:55 -0600, " dbu," <lefties@arelosers.com>
wrote:
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>In article <R-SdnReWZOtxXdLYnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net> wrote:
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>> Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
>> stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out of
>> light bulbs. ;-)
>>
>> A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
>> classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds to
>> wedge the ladder *over* the student desk that was underneath dead bulb in
>> order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have to wonder...
>>
>> Cathy[/color]
>
>and here I thought you had some specific questions about replacing tail
>light bulbs in a 04 Toyota Sienna, for shame on you!!
>
>The old brick school I attended had very old incandescent lights and not
>the more modern fluorescent lights. These old bulbs lasted for ever but
>did not give out the lumens that more modern lights emit. We did have
>large windows, which during the day allowed us much light and we could
>open them too for fresh air which you can't do nowdays in modern
>schools. Or can you?[/color]

Interesting. Fluorescent lights were first sold in '38. I thought they
were in pretty widespread use by the end of WW II.

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:59:49 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
wrote:
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>On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 18:10:34 -0500, "Cathy F." <clfr@adelphiadot.net>
>wrote:
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>>Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of a
>>stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss one's out of
>>light bulbs. ;-)[/color]
>
>How about replacing bulbs for the instrument cluster? Ye flipping
>gods...
>[/color]

I looked at how to do that in the Haynes manual for my Prizm and it
looks quite easy. I guess the Japanese car companies figure people
might actually need to change the bulbs, where the US car companies
just don't care. :-)

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 06:24:50 -0500, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
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>Cathy F., 11/6/2006,6:10:34 PM, wrote:
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>> Random thoughts: Can be a royal PITA when they're on the ceiling of
>> a stairwell! OTOH, simple if just a desk or table lamp. Unelss
>> one's out of light bulbs. ;-)
>>
>> A true light bulb story from umpteen years ago. A bulb was out in a
>> classroom. Janitor comes in with new bulb & stepladder. He proceeds
>> to wedge the ladder over the student desk that was underneath dead
>> bulb in order to replace the bulb. ==:-O Sometimes you just have
>> to wonder...
>>
>> Cathy[/color]
>
>How many school employees does it take to change a light bulb...?[/color]

It depends upon the size of the school system. Just take the number of
students in the school system and divide by 1000. Round the result up
to the next whole number and that's how many employees are needed.

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:39:29 -0500, Here in Ohio
<hereinohio@newsguy.com> wrote:
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>I looked at how to do that in the Haynes manual for my Prizm and it
>looks quite easy. I guess the Japanese car companies figure people
>might actually need to change the bulbs, where the US car companies
>just don't care. :-)[/color]

I'll take issue with that on the Tercel.

1) Remove the screw holding in the trim around the instrument
cluster.
2) Detach the trim from the dash using a thin flat-blade screwdriver.
3) Unplug the cable from the defroster button.
4) Set the trim aside -- if you can get it past the steering column
and the levers.
5) Remove the three screws holding in the instrument cluster.
6) Crawl underneath the car and detach the speedometer cable from the
drive housing on the transaxle.
7) Pull the instrument cluster towards you. Squeeze your hand in
behind the cluster and unhook the speedo cable and the three wiring
connectors.

The instrument cluster can now be removed and the offending bulb(s)
changed. Installation is the reverse of removal.

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:17:02 -0800, Joe Schmuckatelli <no@no.no>
wrote:
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>On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:39:29 -0500, Here in Ohio
><hereinohio@newsguy.com> wrote:
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>>I looked at how to do that in the Haynes manual for my Prizm and it
>>looks quite easy. I guess the Japanese car companies figure people
>>might actually need to change the bulbs, where the US car companies
>>just don't care. :-)[/color]
>
>I'll take issue with that on the Tercel.
>
>1) Remove the screw holding in the trim around the instrument
>cluster.
>2) Detach the trim from the dash using a thin flat-blade screwdriver.
>3) Unplug the cable from the defroster button.
>4) Set the trim aside -- if you can get it past the steering column
>and the levers.
>5) Remove the three screws holding in the instrument cluster.
>6) Crawl underneath the car and detach the speedometer cable from the
>drive housing on the transaxle.
>7) Pull the instrument cluster towards you. Squeeze your hand in
>behind the cluster and unhook the speedo cable and the three wiring
>connectors.
>
>The instrument cluster can now be removed and the offending bulb(s)
>changed. Installation is the reverse of removal.
>[/color]

Yeah, that doesn't sound quite as easy. :-)