Flash of light

1 Goodgymer helped an isolated person in Hackney
Peter Van Tongeren
Hackney

Monday 17th January 2022

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It all looked so nice and simple... on paper.... pop in, grab old bulb, go get new one, put new one in, everybody happy!

And it started fine, the light unit came apart quite easily, bulb out... but finding a new one was a little trickier. Initial info provided at sign-up mentioned local shops, but none had this kind of bulb. Further down to Hackney centre still no luck, until I came across a seemingly rare sight of an electrical specialist, who had the right one!

Feeling positive, with the bike back working again, I returned and plugged in the new bulb.... only to be met by a millisecond flash of light before more darkness... Seemingly it wasn't the bulbs fault, but something else, perhaps that caused the initial bulb to blow?

So very unfortunately and to no fault of Goodgym, but this mission was not completed. Fingers crossed the qualified council electricians can solve the problem soon!



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Linda Sharman

Mon 17th Jan 2022 at 10:01pm

Aww that’s a pity after all your efforts. Well done for trying.

Becky

Tue 18th Jan 2022 at 11:29am

Thanks for trying!

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