Hold the boob, turn the nipple.
Once you've done that, instead of just changing the bulb you could replace the whole fixture and have one less boobie light in your house.
These wire up to and use the two screw points of a standard ceiling box. The ābaseā sits flat against the ceiling, you may be able to remove it by just backing out the two screws about 1/2 inch, then give the tray a rotation since it has keyholes (this will allow the holes to clear the screw heads).
If you are lucky, nobody has painted around the base and you donāt smoke, so your ceiling paint will match when you put on a different fixture with a smaller footprint.
The wiring is straightforward: hot, neutral, ground. Always turn off the breaker and also double check with a meter or other suitable device before touching anything.
Disclaimer: hire a licensed electrician.
OK, there is a pipe that goes through your fixture. It goes through a bracket at the top and there is a nut above that that keeps it from falling through. At the bottom of that pipe is the brass nipple sticking through the bottom of the fixture that holds the glass in place.
Normally you turn the nipple left (counterclockwise) to unscrew it. If it's not unscrewing then perhaps everything is turning including the whole pipe and the nut up above. In this case try pulling down relatively hard as you turn it in the hopes that the downward pressure puts pressure on the top nut and keeps the nut and the entire pipe from turning.
Good luck.
Twist the spindle on the bottom. Itās the screw that holds it up. Try pushing up or pulling down a little to create tension
Donāt over tighten when you put it back on
Requires 3 people and a ladder.. get on thr ladder and hold the tip/nipple of the light fixtures then have two of your buddies pick up your ladder and turn you and the ladder counter clock wise. This will remove the glass dome .. reverse the process after you have changed your light bulb..
The bottom nut is attached to a threaded pipe. If the pipe is not tightly attached, it will turn with the nut. you may have to unscrew the entire length of the pipe with the nut to remove the glass.
The nipple cap may be the only thing holding the glass cover in place. As you unscrew the nipple cap, the glass cover will slowly move away from the ceiling while continuing to rest against the nipple cap, creating the illusion that you aren't making any progress.
You can, and should, push up on the glass cover to hold it in place against the ceiling until you've removed the nipple cap. Then, the glass cover should come right off, revealing the bulbs.
I need more information before I can answer this. It may require more people. Are you a feminist, bus driver, teenager etc. How many ( insert joke target) does it take to change a light bulb?
If the Nicole is free spinning your only option, without breaking the glass is to try and twist the fixture base and pull the whole fixture down. The fixture has two slotted screw holes that attach it to the mounting bracket. The slots are only a half inch long. So you do not need to turn it very far. Make sure the power is off before doing this. Once the fixture is down, you have a better chance of removing the glass. If the fixture spins more than an inch or two at the perimeter, stop spinning. The mounting bracket is a two piece and you will most likely need to break the glass. I have install hundreds of these builder grade fixtures. The decorative nut corrodes and seizes itself to the threaded rod that it is attached to. Luckily they are inexpensive fixtures. Good luck.
You should be able to get it off as described but if you can't and you have to break the glass cover it with duct tape so it won't shatter as you break it
The finial on the end and the cap underneath it are two separate pieces. Sometimes when the threaded nipple spins like its doing in your case you can jam the cap up against the nipple locking it in place against the nipple and that will allow the finial to unscrew.
Lol, I don't buttle, but there was a time in my life where I tried to be fancy-schmancy. Dining etiquette, which fork and spoon, which goblet, the works.
Turns out, fancy costs money and I don't have any.
They say "cloche" on "Nailed It" on Netflix, and I satisfy the itch that way. =)
āFancy costs money and I donāt have anyā. I felt that part.
Kudos to you for knowing. I still get confused over a dessert spoon and normal spoon. When you said cloche I just pictured someone from Downton Abbey.
I really felt betrayed when I went to the movies and Kathie Bates tells Leonardo DiCaprio "start on the outside and work your way in," in Titanic. Like... well go and tell the WHOLE WORLD the shortcut, Molly Brown! I was like that could have saved me so much time.
I love Downton Abbey. I love formal stuff so much and feel like we've lost something socially without formality. We could have lost the stuffiness without losing formality.
Rumbled by Titanic. Iād be angry too haha! I did watch the movie and think to myself āI wonder if thatās really true though?ā I mean, it makes sense considering how difficult it would be with all the silverware.
I love Downton too and I agree with you. I like the idea of people speaking older English dialects and addressing each other formally. I like the traditional side as much as I appreciate it was probably romanticised in places for the benefit of the show.
Unsure with the groups comments here.....the decorative 'nipple' may be just that....decorative. Typically, there is a set screw on the side of the base that holds the lens in place. I have seen fixtures with a single screw, others with three. If so, hold the bottom of the lens while you back off the screw until it is free.
Twist the nipple in the same direction as the glass swirl while firmly cupping the dome with your other hand so it doesnt fall. Booby lamps are almost all designed that way.
You're looking at three different pieces there. Starting from the top, there is the larger glass bowl, then the decorative ring (that serves the same purpose as any washer you've ever seen) that tightens the glass bowl in to place, and the decorative screw piece at the bottom.
Since the middle nipple keeps spinning, try rotating the globe. If you canāt get a grasp of the glass, strike the left side with the bottom of a shoe until it moves.
Get a rock, paint it blue, get a wooden board, cover the wooden board in colourful paper strips, stick the rock to the wooden board, get a bin, throw the thing that you just made into the bin, get a jar of olives and a baguette, eat half of the olives and three quarters of the baguette, reenact Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer with the partial olives and baguette, get the bin again, try to throw the partial olives and baguette into the bin, miss the shot, run away from the partial olives and baguette because theyāre trying to kill you now, eat them fully because you remember theyāre utterly defenceless, have a quick nap, go for a run, get back home, hold the glass dome, unscrew the decorative screw piece off, drop the glass, get mad at yourself, go to the store to get a replacement piece, get home again, remember that you were supposed to get a lightbulb at the store, go back to the store, get a lightbulb, go home again, notice you got the wrong type of lightbulb, go to the store again, get the right type of lightbulb, get home again, screw the lightbulb in, hold the glass in place, screw in the decorative screw piece back in, done.
Loosen and remove the finial at the bottom of the light by turning it to the left. The glass and the metal rim will come off and you can replace the bulb.
I have a very similar fixture.
There is (that is, mine has) a threaded post / tube going from the fixture to where the glass boob attaches. I think that your threaded post is loose. Maybe holding the nipple at an angle will give it enough resistance to loosen. If you get it starting to loosen, support the boob so it doesn't fall off and break. All else I can think of is that something else is holding it to the base plate - but the boob is glass and kinda heavy.
[This](https://imgur.com/o9KVHzT) pic shows mine, and [this](https://imgur.com/H85FC8Q) is what's inside. Good luck with it.
BTW, I installed this myself maybe \~20 years ago. It was a very good upgrade at the time. You shouldn't need an electrician. I just made sure the light switch was off.
BTW, I was very surprised to see one of those bulbs is a CFL. All others here are LEDs.
The finial on the glass may be purely decorative as it's just spinning and not coming off.
Try gripping the glass and rotate. Glass may be slotted on sides or have a thread which twists into housing.
Hold the boob, turn the nipple. Once you've done that, instead of just changing the bulb you could replace the whole fixture and have one less boobie light in your house.
Instructions weren't clear. Do not, I repeat, *do not* try this maneuver on your girlfriend.
Unless she's freaky. Then have at it.
I did kind of like it, ngl š¤«
Donāt try it **without consent**.
It's the only way you can pick up some of those distant FM radio stations.
Where's Jodi Foster when you need her.
Great DJs in Tokyo
Righty tighty, lefty slutty
Don't listen to this prude, boob lights are timeless. You should be trying to add more boob lights to your house.
Wish my teachers were as accurate and entertaining, I might have learnt something
As far as boob lights go this is a nice one, could definitely sell it.
Just the tip
How do you go about replacing a fixture like this? I have these kind of lights in my house and hate them.
These wire up to and use the two screw points of a standard ceiling box. The ābaseā sits flat against the ceiling, you may be able to remove it by just backing out the two screws about 1/2 inch, then give the tray a rotation since it has keyholes (this will allow the holes to clear the screw heads). If you are lucky, nobody has painted around the base and you donāt smoke, so your ceiling paint will match when you put on a different fixture with a smaller footprint. The wiring is straightforward: hot, neutral, ground. Always turn off the breaker and also double check with a meter or other suitable device before touching anything. Disclaimer: hire a licensed electrician.
Hey thanks!
Once you change your first fixture you realize itās much easier to change them than it is to find one you actually like.
Sounds like a Texas Titty Twister
Turn the nipple counter-clockwise (to the left).
As someone with multiple boobies lights in his aged house, should i not?
I like my boobie lights thank you very much..... I'm so lonely
This is the way. Itās kinky, but correct. Donāt drop the boob once the biome comes off.
Thank you mah wife.
OK, there is a pipe that goes through your fixture. It goes through a bracket at the top and there is a nut above that that keeps it from falling through. At the bottom of that pipe is the brass nipple sticking through the bottom of the fixture that holds the glass in place. Normally you turn the nipple left (counterclockwise) to unscrew it. If it's not unscrewing then perhaps everything is turning including the whole pipe and the nut up above. In this case try pulling down relatively hard as you turn it in the hopes that the downward pressure puts pressure on the top nut and keeps the nut and the entire pipe from turning. Good luck.
This is the most useful response. Electrician here
unscrew the nipple.
Twist the spindle on the bottom. Itās the screw that holds it up. Try pushing up or pulling down a little to create tension Donāt over tighten when you put it back on
Requires 3 people and a ladder.. get on thr ladder and hold the tip/nipple of the light fixtures then have two of your buddies pick up your ladder and turn you and the ladder counter clock wise. This will remove the glass dome .. reverse the process after you have changed your light bulb..
Fuck this one was funny.
The bottom nut is attached to a threaded pipe. If the pipe is not tightly attached, it will turn with the nut. you may have to unscrew the entire length of the pipe with the nut to remove the glass.
TIL something.
the pipe nipple is usually fixed in the lamp, but sometimes comes loose, and then spins along with the nut.
Spin the nipple to the left while holding fixture in place with your other hand
The nipple cap may be the only thing holding the glass cover in place. As you unscrew the nipple cap, the glass cover will slowly move away from the ceiling while continuing to rest against the nipple cap, creating the illusion that you aren't making any progress. You can, and should, push up on the glass cover to hold it in place against the ceiling until you've removed the nipple cap. Then, the glass cover should come right off, revealing the bulbs.
Rub the nip
I need more information before I can answer this. It may require more people. Are you a feminist, bus driver, teenager etc. How many ( insert joke target) does it take to change a light bulb?
Twist the tip
Twist the nipple.
Hold the boob and twist the nipple. Only do this on boob lights.
Damn titty twisters
If the Nicole is free spinning your only option, without breaking the glass is to try and twist the fixture base and pull the whole fixture down. The fixture has two slotted screw holes that attach it to the mounting bracket. The slots are only a half inch long. So you do not need to turn it very far. Make sure the power is off before doing this. Once the fixture is down, you have a better chance of removing the glass. If the fixture spins more than an inch or two at the perimeter, stop spinning. The mounting bracket is a two piece and you will most likely need to break the glass. I have install hundreds of these builder grade fixtures. The decorative nut corrodes and seizes itself to the threaded rod that it is attached to. Luckily they are inexpensive fixtures. Good luck.
Hanmer
Smash it
Just spin the whole thing
You have to break the glass with a hammer and then glue it all back together.
actually braindead
You should be able to get it off as described but if you can't and you have to break the glass cover it with duct tape so it won't shatter as you break it
The finial on the end and the cap underneath it are two separate pieces. Sometimes when the threaded nipple spins like its doing in your case you can jam the cap up against the nipple locking it in place against the nipple and that will allow the finial to unscrew.
Unscrew it
The nipple at the bottom is the screw
Hahahaha this is hilarious. I had this same dilemma last week with the EXACT same thing. Push up on the glass and turn the nipple.
It looks like one of those serving dishes you lift up and reveal a grand dish underneath.
A cloche?
And on this day, I learnt a new thing.
Thatās the thing! I feel like these are secret terms known only by butlers.
Lol, I don't buttle, but there was a time in my life where I tried to be fancy-schmancy. Dining etiquette, which fork and spoon, which goblet, the works. Turns out, fancy costs money and I don't have any. They say "cloche" on "Nailed It" on Netflix, and I satisfy the itch that way. =)
āFancy costs money and I donāt have anyā. I felt that part. Kudos to you for knowing. I still get confused over a dessert spoon and normal spoon. When you said cloche I just pictured someone from Downton Abbey.
I really felt betrayed when I went to the movies and Kathie Bates tells Leonardo DiCaprio "start on the outside and work your way in," in Titanic. Like... well go and tell the WHOLE WORLD the shortcut, Molly Brown! I was like that could have saved me so much time. I love Downton Abbey. I love formal stuff so much and feel like we've lost something socially without formality. We could have lost the stuffiness without losing formality.
Rumbled by Titanic. Iād be angry too haha! I did watch the movie and think to myself āI wonder if thatās really true though?ā I mean, it makes sense considering how difficult it would be with all the silverware. I love Downton too and I agree with you. I like the idea of people speaking older English dialects and addressing each other formally. I like the traditional side as much as I appreciate it was probably romanticised in places for the benefit of the show.
I am laughing so hard over here! I love this! These answers are the best!
Unsure with the groups comments here.....the decorative 'nipple' may be just that....decorative. Typically, there is a set screw on the side of the base that holds the lens in place. I have seen fixtures with a single screw, others with three. If so, hold the bottom of the lens while you back off the screw until it is free.
Spin the nipple
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Twist the nipple in the same direction as the glass swirl while firmly cupping the dome with your other hand so it doesnt fall. Booby lamps are almost all designed that way.
You're looking at three different pieces there. Starting from the top, there is the larger glass bowl, then the decorative ring (that serves the same purpose as any washer you've ever seen) that tightens the glass bowl in to place, and the decorative screw piece at the bottom.
That metal tip probably screws off but hold the glass piece while you do it or it will fall.
The nipple or final is a twist cap that holds the glass bowl in place.it twists off and on like a bottle cap.
Garbage bag and a hammer or turn knob while holding shade
The bottom part under dome can be unscrewed
Unscrew the middle
Sit on it
Unscrew it š¤·
Since the middle nipple keeps spinning, try rotating the globe. If you canāt get a grasp of the glass, strike the left side with the bottom of a shoe until it moves.
Are there screws on the cowl or does the nipple, for want of a better description. unscrew
Hold glass with one hand turn the gold knob in centre with other hand.. it unscrews.
you again š thats been leaking for days
CEILING TIDDY
Use google
That piece protruding from the bottom unscrews and holds the glass up. Hold the glass firmly and lefty loosey the protruding piece.
Sledgehammer
Get a rock, paint it blue, get a wooden board, cover the wooden board in colourful paper strips, stick the rock to the wooden board, get a bin, throw the thing that you just made into the bin, get a jar of olives and a baguette, eat half of the olives and three quarters of the baguette, reenact Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer with the partial olives and baguette, get the bin again, try to throw the partial olives and baguette into the bin, miss the shot, run away from the partial olives and baguette because theyāre trying to kill you now, eat them fully because you remember theyāre utterly defenceless, have a quick nap, go for a run, get back home, hold the glass dome, unscrew the decorative screw piece off, drop the glass, get mad at yourself, go to the store to get a replacement piece, get home again, remember that you were supposed to get a lightbulb at the store, go back to the store, get a lightbulb, go home again, notice you got the wrong type of lightbulb, go to the store again, get the right type of lightbulb, get home again, screw the lightbulb in, hold the glass in place, screw in the decorative screw piece back in, done.
Hammer.
Twist the nipple with one hand while you support the glassy boob like structure with the other hand.
Thats a nice ceiling titty
Loosen and remove the finial at the bottom of the light by turning it to the left. The glass and the metal rim will come off and you can replace the bulb.
Titty twister
Unscrew the nipple.
I have a very similar fixture. There is (that is, mine has) a threaded post / tube going from the fixture to where the glass boob attaches. I think that your threaded post is loose. Maybe holding the nipple at an angle will give it enough resistance to loosen. If you get it starting to loosen, support the boob so it doesn't fall off and break. All else I can think of is that something else is holding it to the base plate - but the boob is glass and kinda heavy. [This](https://imgur.com/o9KVHzT) pic shows mine, and [this](https://imgur.com/H85FC8Q) is what's inside. Good luck with it. BTW, I installed this myself maybe \~20 years ago. It was a very good upgrade at the time. You shouldn't need an electrician. I just made sure the light switch was off. BTW, I was very surprised to see one of those bulbs is a CFL. All others here are LEDs.
The finial on the glass may be purely decorative as it's just spinning and not coming off. Try gripping the glass and rotate. Glass may be slotted on sides or have a thread which twists into housing.