How To Rewire A Floor Lamp With Two Light Sockets

How to rewire an old floor lamp.

How to rewire a floor lamp with two light sockets.

Lamp wiring uses an underwriter s knot to secure the wire in the lamp. Install the new cord. Feed the cord up through the threaded tube in the lamp s body photo 2. Then connect the new cord to the socket.

With a few simple steps you can breathe new life into your old lamp. A clamp style flat cord plug comes in two pieces a core with prongs attached and a shell. Pry cover off the bottom of the lamp to reveal the nut holding the pipe through which the cord passes from the socket to the plug. Step 2 remove the base illustration by steve stankiewicz.

Most cords come with the ends already stripped so you won t even need a wire stripper for this how to rewire a lamp project. Remove the socket from its base cut the old cord and pull it out. Unscrew the sockets from the caps or loosen the screw with the screwdriver to remove the sockets. Cut two lengths of cord the same length as the lamp.

Includes information on newer lamps. Pull the old wiring down and out of the stand and unscrew the stand if necessary to remove the wire. How to rewire a two socket lamp. 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.

The 18 size is satisfactory for most lamp applications. You may have a favorite vintage floor lamp and cannot bare to part with it but it doesn t work anymore. Installing a light socket is just as easy. Antique two socket lamps need to be.

Antique lamps often have decorative ornate or fluted metal stands that are hard to come by in sleek modern lamp models. Taking the time to rewire an old floor lamp is easier than it may sound.