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Track lighting stopped working and I have no idea what's going on.. I'm thinking it's one of the bulbs gone bad, but I don't know how to take them out? Help please... my experience is limited to changing regular bulbs.

Those aren't Christmas tree lights... one can go out and the others work. I'd bee looking elsewhere. Are these 12v lights?

If they don't screw out they may come out by lightly pushing them in and rotating slightly on one direction... a few also push in.

They don't budge... here is another picture if it helps http://i53.tinypic.com/23tmdtj.jpg

If it's not them being burned out, what else can it be?

Sorry -better picture here: http://i51.tinypic.com/2uj5xmd.jpg

Are you able to read or get a bulb part # off something... or something that says "replace with....." there appears to be red lettering that isn't readable in the picture.


If it does have something to that effect we can figure a the base style and that determines how the come out and what voltage they are. There are three base types I'm aware of, the familiar twist out , the ones that have two nubs that are like the old fluorescent light starters... and the ones that just push in.

Those look like the low voltage types. IE the 12v that are likely one of the latter two types that don't screw out.

Here is another picture
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I don't know how to change this, it won't budge...

If it's not the bulb, then what else can it be? Completely clueless :(

What do the labels with the red lettering say...

I'm guessing these are 12 volt halogen bulbs. If those are 12 volts... the power supply may have failed.

Ys, it says replace it with MR16 Lamp, 20Watt Maximum

They simply push in and pull out... they have two pins.. BUT they do come in different base styles look at fig 2-3 on the bottom of that link.

What are MR16 Lamps? | MR16 Lamps | Lighting Answers | NLPIP (http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/nlpip/lightinganswers/mr16/whatAreMR16.asp)


But I think its not the bulbs... but a bad transformer.

It worked! I could pull it out! Thank you very much, I'll change them all now. Internet savior!