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When trying to remove the glass globes, depending on how your lights are mounted can be a challenge.

Some of our lights the plastic flange is mounted directly to the ceiling while on others it's mounted in a counterbore . Those that mount directly to the ceiling have plenty of access to get your finger tips around the out exterior of the globe to unscrew. However from my experience those mounted in a counterbore (aka recessed), there isn't enough space to get your finger tips around it to remove.

For the lights that are mounted in a counterbore I used a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer and gently tapped on one of the perforations in on the exterior of the globe remove it . After my 1st attempt at this and having the globe spin off and fall on the counter, I decided that was not a very good idea. On the next attempt I created a cradle using duct tape to catch it in case it fell off and that worked out well.

Realizing that I did not want to put them on the same way that they were removed, I went to a local hardware store and bought hex nuts and used them as spacers. That would allow me to space the plastic housing away from the top of the ceiling and allow me to get my fingers around the outside edge of the globe.

Unfortunately we have the 3 light LED fixtures and I've had to replace more than a dozen (and the list grows) . Thanks goodness all of them mounted in c’bores are now done 