Sentence examples for broken bulb from inspiring English sources

But the bulbs can leak mercury vapor when broken, so ventilation is important when cleaning a broken bulb, the council says in its paper.

If the bulb breaks off inside the socket when you are changing it, take a piece of raw potato and push the cut side of the potato onto the socket; the broken bulb will go into the potato.

By Richard Elman The New Yorker, May 25 , 1987P. 87 Inside this broken bulb View Article By Miranda Carter By Amos Barshad By Doreen St. Félix By Jia Tolentino.

Broken Bulb Studios: Ninja.

Though the amount of mercury in a CFL is small, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening a window and leaving the room for at least 15 minutes before beginning clean-up of a broken bulb.

Remove the broken bulb by its socket.

Father tries to repair his broken bulbs.

The audition space, with holey plasterboard and broken bulbs, was sinister.

Instructions on disposing of used or broken bulbs are available from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy at energystar.gov.

They do the usual tasks — picking up litter, inspecting bathrooms, recording broken bulbs — but, armed with cellphones and walkie-talkies, they also supplement the police.

The bulb, similar to products used by restaurants and supermarkets for 20 years, comes in response to a recent study that found that more than half of consumers were concerned about bulbs breaking in the home, while 40percentt expressed fear that children could be injured by glass from broken bulbs.