Who has replaced a 1200 pop up bulb themselves?

cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
edited May 2008 in Strut Central
Dude at the turntbable shoppe wanted $50 to replace a pop up bulb on my 1200's...I'm sure that's a fair price, but if it's an easy fix I'll do it myself.Anybody ever done it?How did it go?School me.

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  • DescryDescry 229 Posts
    i have, and broke it. pay the 50 bucks.

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    i have, and broke it. pay the 50 bucks.

    You broke the light or the turntable?

  • DescryDescry 229 Posts
    i broke the trigger switch that turns the bulb on/off. the tech was pretty pissed i did that. haha.

  • p_gunnp_gunn 2,284 Posts
    it's a real pain the ass... even friends of mine who are Frickin' handymen HATE doing that...

    either pay the 50 or leave em burnt out like everyone else does...

    check it http://info.bergenteknomafia.com/tech/1200light/

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    That sucks, with my luck I eff them up even worse than that.
    Looks like they are going to the shop.

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    Burnt out bulbs are definite OG status. Mine both still work.

  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    dude, cell phones are the new "lights" for djing in the clurb. They seem to be burnt out at a few places I've djed and I just pulled out my celly and lit up some science.

  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    dude, cell phones are the new "lights" for djing in the clurb. They seem to be burnt out at a few places I've djed and I just pulled out my celly and lit up some science.

    Naw man I'm old school, I just flick my Bic.
    At least that's what I was doing last night.


  • DeeRockDeeRock 1,836 Posts
    Take em' both in while your at it and get all the lights in custom colors!!! Or just grab these: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ele/666612807.html and thanks for the beer last night bro-ham.


  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    Take em' both in while your at it and get all the lights in custom colors!!! Or just grab these: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/ele/666612807.html and thanks for the beer last night bro-ham.


    My pleasure, good to see you, but was bummed I didn't catch more of your set...
    Everybody said it was hot, of course.

  • Burnt out bulbs are definite OG status. Mine both still work.

    Still using the SL's I bought in '89...both lights still work
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