Removing ceiling plate spotlights

[Kfy]

Wow, if I am fitting another one of these, I better make sure I got the wiring right first time!

 

[kerching]

Connect fitting

fasten to ceiling

TRY IT TO SEE IF IT WORKS CORRECTLY

if it does then gently fit the screw cover

simples

 

[Doc Hudson]

Don't really understand why this has to be so difficult! Poor design?

No different than numerous products with single use push on fixing covers, small plastic cap with a couple of spines that self lock once pushed into place. Not poor design, just designed to conceal the fixings with a flush appearance. Used on some kitchen cabinet furniture as well, even common place on light switches and sockets, tiny plastic caps cover the accessory screws. With a suitable tool they are never that difficult to prize out, but as Andy says they are almost always damaged during the removal process.

Doc H.

 

[ProDave]

Don't really understand why this has to be so difficult! Poor design?

I asked (shouted) the same question at the sump plug of my wifes car that defied 2 hours of effort to undo the bloody thing so I still haven't done the oil change yet.

 

[Andy™]

suction hose down the dipstick tube?

 

[Kfy]

Lol, this defies logic. It is not as if it's a decorative piece! I suppose the same applies to your wife's sump plug prodave!

 

[kerching]

Left handed thread?

stranger things have happened

 

[Kfy]

Kerching - hope not. I will end up smashing the thing up and then regretting it.

 

[Kfy]

Hi all, 

just an update on progress. Everyone here was right, there was a central screw hidden underneath. There isn't anyway you could access that screw without breaking the cap (poor design)! I got it off using a hammer and chisel and then just unscrewed the underlying Philips screw.

have brand new lights now, but still adamant that it shouldn't be this difficult. Thanks all for your help!

 

[Blue Duck]

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