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Replacing the tubes on your florescent light fixtures is an easy job...except when you don't have the pins aligned and you crack the florescent light sockets on either end of the fixture.
Replacing broken light sockets is an easy job. Make sure you turn the power off to the fixture before you start tinkering with it. You will need to remove the plastic light lens cover to access the bulbs. After you remove the bulbs you will see a metal cover running down the center of the fixture. Under this cover are the ballasts and wires. The wires from the ballasts to the sockets which provide power to the bulbs. The sockets with either be held my a clip or may need to be unscrewed to remove them.
Now the socket will be dangling in the air. Some sockets will have a quick release harness where you can just unsnap the old socket's wiring and snap in the new one. Other sockets will disconnect from the ballast with a wire nut. The new socket will connect with the wire nut snuggly securing the wires. Just make sure you match up the wires as you install the new socket. In other words, don't remove all the wires and then try to guess where each is supposed to go...do one wire at a time.
Once the wiring is done, re-secure the sockets, re-install the metal cover, and carefully install the bulbs and light lens.
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