How To Take Out A Fluorescent Bulb. Rotate the bulb toward you with your thumbs. Text--Keep Fluorescent lamps out of the trash.

Every guide to changing a flourescent tube light I can find has the same basic two steps. Broken lamps can release mercury to the air and water. Rotate the bulb toward you with your thumbs.
Before going out to purchase a new bulb ensure the bulb is the main problem.
Virtually all components of a fluorescent bulb can be recycled. Step Three - Remove the Old Fluorescent Light Bulb. This includes fluorescent tubes compact fluorescent lamps metal halide lamps and sodium vapor lams. Twist usually 90 degrees then slip the two pins out through the slot.
