How To Rewire A 4 Bulb Floor Lamp

Grandma challenged me to rewire one of her favorite lamps recently a vintage molded brassy model that s no doubt sat in the attic for 30 years.

How to rewire a 4 bulb floor lamp.

But don t overlook the obvious. Includes information on newer lamps. Cover with a new piece of felt if desired to prevent lamp from scratching floor to wire a two prong round cord plug pry out body. The 18 size is satisfactory for most lamp applications.

The customary length is 6 feet but you can use as much cord as you need to reach from the lamp to the receptacle. Feed cord into shell. If the socket has a press here inscription press your thumb on the inscription and lift the sleeve off. Strip inch of insulation off wire ends after splitting bottom 1 inches of cord as per step 4.

This is a wiring diagram for a vintage floor lamp with 4 bulbs one main bulb and 3 peripheral and usually smaller bulbs. Check the bulb first. Take lamp apart for rewiring before starting make sure lamp is not plugged in. Tighten nut around pipe at base.

Neither my mom or i ever remember seeing it before and a lamp expert at a local antique shop guessed that it dated back to the very early days of electricity even. Wiring a vintage floor lamp switch. With a few simple steps you can breathe new life into your old lamp. Taking the time to rewire an old floor lamp is easier than it may sound.

Thread the locknut provided with the kit down the length of the nipple until it is secure against your base. Table lamps or floor lamps often have two or more bulb sockets and rewiring these offers some different challenges than wiring a single bulb lamp not only is there the main plug in lamp cord feeding up through the base of lamp but somewhere within the body of the lamp this main cord is connected to secondary cords running to each of the sockets. How to rewire an old floor lamp. I love a good grandma challenge.

When a lamp flickers or doesn t light up at all chances are that one of the parts has gone bad. The main bulb threads into a standard socket with an integrated switch and the three peripheral bulbs are wired to a single switch usually located near the central socket. Thread your lamp cord through the nipple threaded rod and insert into the top of your base until all but 1 and 1 4 is sticking out of the top of your lamp base. Use the screwdriver to press the sleeve of the socket out.

No power or a bad bulb. Here we ll show you how to replace all the key parts and how to rewire a lamp. You may have a favorite vintage floor lamp and cannot bare to part with it but it doesn t work anymore.