Fluidium

[Timothy Mansker]

How do you remove the light bulb and cable from a mathmos Astro without breaking it

[lampfancy]

Assuming it’s a modern Astro with the plastic ‘upstand’ type base and the bulb holder clipped in, removing it is straightforward enough but a bit ‘fiddly’ - you want to sort of press down on the bulb holder from inside the base (remove the bulb first) while simultaneously pressing the clip/tab on the underside of the base outwards



This does run the risk of snapping the plastic tab, they can be quite brittle, but them’s the breaks, so to speak.

[Timothy Mansker]

Thanks for the info does seem a bit brittle enjoy your

[Timothy Mansker]

I did break the first one but the second one I figured it out did not break thanks for the information

[jonny p]

Easy way is hair dryer or hot gun but gonna be careful you only need to heat the side abit that soften the plastic I do thus now as I've done the same broken the clips If not hair dryer on med heat work but watch the cable don't get hot

[Timothy Mansker]

I don't know