4' LED Bulb Takes a Lickin' and Keeps on Tickin'!

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4' LED Bulb Takes a Lickin' and Keeps on Tickin'! I thought you'all would get a kick out of this...

A few months ago I'm working on my son's GF's car as a "Christmas" present. Needed valve cover gaskets. It is a 1999 V6 Toyota Solara and to put the rear gasket on, the intake had to come off. Real miserable job--no good deed goes unpunished.

As I'm prying a bracket back into place, the prybar slips and smashes my rigged up 4' LED underhood light. For some reason I was thinking the tube was made of hard plastic but no, it was glass. A sharp piece actually flew into my hand and drew a tiny drop of blood that healed almost immediately. I'm lucky I didn't get any in my eyes. Picked the broken glass off the top of the engine and finished what I was doing since the bulb was still working fine.

When done working for the night, I put the bulb on the bench and removed as much of the broken glass as I could. Found an old thin plastic "bulb protector" and cut a couple feet out of it. Slit it lengthwise, rolled it tight around the bulb and firmly taped it over the intact ends with 3M Heavy-Duty shipping tape (the only stuff I use). Went right back into service... Note the bungie on the end--that is how it attaches under the hood and it is plugged into straight 120v.