How To Repair A Broken Floor Lamp Base

On a continued note the concrete inner base covered in hard plastic coating just disintegrated plastic also.

How to repair a broken floor lamp base.

Still thinking through what to use to make it heavier. How to repair a faulty lamp. Run it in the lamp and then through the socket. The shade may be left in place if it is a solid.

Do not lose any of the pieces. How to repair a faulty lamp. If you have a lamp with a loose socket that causes the lamp to flicker to be difficult to turn on or to just flat out refuse to light you can replace the socket and give the lamp a new life. When you connect the new socket don t reuse the bare ends of the wires.

You can begin repairing a floor lamp by disassembling the lamp. Floor lamps that get moved frequently last only a few years before their plastic and the cement inside crumbles. Cut them off and strip away 1 2 in. A majority of floor lamps are comprised of threaded pipes joined by screws.

This will eliminate the possibility of replacing one part only to have the problem be the part that was not replaced. When a floor lamp stops working there are usually two causes for the problem. Remove the light bulb and shade so they won t be damaged when you move the lamp base. A bad socket or a bad cord.

Must be the lye in concrete. Since both of these issues involve taking apart the lamp it is wise to replace both items. Of insulation with a wire stripper. I did fix a couple of floor lamps before by replacing the base filling with vinyl concrete and that worked out very well.

Set a pillow on the floor. Get the new wires. Use the pointed tip of your scissors to make a hole in the felt then cut the felt off. The metal base is 5 deep.

Also need to make sure metal base strong enough to hold weight of lamp straight. Having to shell out 35 60 every few years for a floor lamp is getting pretty tiring. Gently lean the lamp downward and rest the top of the floor lamp the area near the bulb down on the pillow. Lamp bases are usually covered with a felt material to protect furniture from scratches.

Just use pliers to twist the base off the tube photo 2 reassemble the lamp body and screw on the new socket base to hold it all together. Pull the socket switch up out of the shell base to expose enough of the switch to reveal. Some of the tiny strands of wire are probably broken. Get the new socket the one with.