• How do I kill a light bulb?
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[QUOTE=microwave;29025381].....how the hell would you get in trouble for breaking a lightbulb? just buy them a new one and tell them to turn it off at night and from now on they probably will....and think you're some sorta of anti-lightbulb psychopath[/QUOTE] > Fsjal Avatar > Doesn't get the joke Makes sense to me.
Sledgehammer.
By the nine divines! Assault, assault!
You could always try to open it up and cut the wires.
[QUOTE=Sgt. Lulz;29026195]You could always try to open it up and cut the wires.[/QUOTE] It's not really wires, just things of metal. This probably won't work, cause I was using a different wattage/voltage bulb (I think), but anyway. I've burnt those types out by hooking them up to lots of 9v batteries (I was being silly and seeing how bright I could get them before they burnt out. I got one to be as bright as my 500 lumen spotlight, but it lasted about 5 seconds.)
just solder a line between the two prongs, the electricity will take the path of least resistance and never enter teh bulb, plus they should not notice a small line as being out of the ordinary
[QUOTE=imptastick;29028167]just solder a line between the two prongs, the electricity will take the path of least resistance and never enter teh bulb, plus they should not notice a small line as being out of the ordinary[/QUOTE] Uh yeah, great idea. Let's blow the circuit breaker out, pretty sure no one will know.
[QUOTE=Elfy;29022278]Looks like a clamp. That'd only crush the lightbulb.[/QUOTE] thats a pipe cutter, not a clamp. Note the cutting circle [editline]6th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=B!N4RY;29028213]Uh yeah, great idea. Let's blow the circuit breaker out, pretty sure no one will know.[/QUOTE] it is a sure way to blow the bulb and would not be blamed on him
[QUOTE=imptastick;29028214]it is a sure way to blow the bulb and would not be blamed on him[/QUOTE] I don't think you know too much about electricity at all.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;29028280]I don't think you know too much about electricity at all.[/QUOTE] did this awhile back just messing around and it blew the whole plug so it should work for him
I'd personally have far more fun shooting it with my BB/Pellet gun every time they replaced it. Not to mention how much easier it is. (That is, if it's outside.)
I'd get the outlet and blast it with piss. If pissing on the third rail, with no shoes on a rainy day doesn't kill you, this sure as hell won't.
flick the light switch off
hold a lighter underneath it to melt the filiment etc. light bulbs turn black after burning out anyways
Op's plight seems a little abstract , and by that i mean OP seems a bit batshit insane. "THE LIGHT WILL GET ME"
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;29029261]Op's plight seems a little abstract , and by that i mean OP seems a bit batshit insane. "THE LIGHT WILL GET ME"[/QUOTE] I have insomnio, do you. know how it feels to have that freaking intense light, when you're trying to sleep. Complete darkness releases melatonin, to aid in sleeping. But the bulb is dead now, nobody has found out yet. I can't wait to see their faces when they see, they can no longer... use it.
[img]http://www.t2retail.co.uk/lg_images/Dayga-T2-The_Nightshade_Luxury_Sleeping_Mask.jpg[/img] Sounds like you need one, OP.
just get some wire snips and just gut the power cable. OR but some hard putty in the socket holes.
Threads like this got me banned for hours back in the day.
My fire alarm in my room has a blindingly bright blink. So I had to wrap the light in black tape.
Break it
pour gasoline in the socket, wait for guy to turn on power.
R.I.P Ben the bulb.
[QUOTE=AnemoneS2;29021817] But if I just "disappear it" it will get replaced. [/QUOTE] Sounds like you should solder the back end of the bulb, at the base.
Wait until it gets really hot, then spray bleach on it. It will explode.
This thread is funny.
I could think of several ways to sabotage a light bulb. Applying a high voltage (>200V) to the filament to break it, applying a normal voltage (120V) to the bulb and shaking the fuck out of it to break the filament, using a torch and needle to vent the envelope, etc. You probably don't want to do any of this, because you'd kill yourself in the process. Plus you have already broken the damn thing so none of that would work. Instead you need to make it look like it failed catastrophically. To do this blow the circuit breaker behind the bulb with some insulated pliers and a metal shunt (a piece of metal bent to fit in the contact holes), using ONE hand jam the shunt into the contacts. Then place the broken bulb base into the socket, drop the rest of the pieces in the general area. Use a lighter to burn up the bulb base a bit while it is in the socket. Put on your best poker face when someone finds it. This is all assuming you haven't been V& for crimes against incandescents.
Bah, c'mon guys, you're missing the easy option! Right, assuming that you've already tried talking to the offender and have been civil about it, and that you have access to it, grab yourself some PVA glue. Wait until they're out (because this won't be a five-second job), and swab some glue on the metal contact inside the bulb-holder. Let it dry, and repeat this until you've completely covered at least one of the contacts (just make sure the light screws back in without much resistance).
do it Bad Company 2 style: Look, there is a light bulb behind the wall over there! BOOM! What wall?
Put it over your head and you will find out what to do.
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