Lights randomly breaking?

[The early worm deserves the bird]

So I took some lights from outdoors and decided to add them to my base because I thought they would look good and they all just started randomly breaking after I moved them. They just shatter. No ability to replace the bulb they are just broken and inert. I can move them around but I can't make them work. Is this a normal thing? This is my first time moving things around so I don't know if this is common or maybe I can only move like lamps etc?

[Canveriven]

can you explain more man which lights? do you mean bulbs or moving the street lights etc into your house or making a makeshift light ? explain

[The early worm deserves the bird]

Originally posted by Canveriven:

can you explain more man which lights? do you mean bulbs or moving the street lights etc into your house or making a makeshift light ? explain

They were outdoor lights that I found at the picnic area south of West Point. To the left of the gas station/factory/storage/dinner area. I think they were called Oval Outdoor lights or something to that effect. They were the lights on the outside of the building. Picked them up and put them in my home made base with generator. They worked fine for the first night or two and then I heard glass breaking sounds randomly and the lights were out. With no option to remove the bulb or fix them. I could still pick them up and place them but they no longer worked as a light source.

[non_curo]

When the bulb is broken you can't remove it. You need a new one in your main inventory to replace it. You can even add coloured ones to spice up your base.
Its breaks a lot though.

[The early worm deserves the bird]

Originally posted by non_curo:

When the bulb is broken you can't remove it. You need a new one in your main inventory to replace it. You can even add coloured ones to spice up your base.
Its breaks a lot though.

Ahhhhh ok I will try that next time I get on. Yeah not being able to remove the bulb in the same way that you remove broken glass from a window was throwing me off. Thank you for the heads up. One other question these lights seemed to die REALLY quickly. Was it simply because it had been like two weeks in game time before I removed them and they were just about to die anyways or do certain lights last longer?

[Spyware006]

Originally posted by non_curo:

When the bulb is broken you can't remove it. You need a new one in your main inventory to replace it. You can even add coloured ones to spice up your base.
Its breaks a lot though.

Nice to know! thx man

[Chad1776]

If you make sure to turn them off in the day time and use them as needed they will last much longer. Also light bulbs are plentiful every car has four, tvs, flashlights lamps. You can get a huge stock them pretty quick