Brass Floor Lamp with Ship Rewired Socket

A customer brought in this lamp the other day and wanted it to be rewired. The old cord was stiff and the plug was not polarized. They also wanted an antique brass pull chain socket on the lamp. The only lamp parts needed for the rewire are a 12 foot clear gold lamp cord and new pull chain socket.

The trick with rewiring floor lamps is threading the wire through all the columns and swivels. This lamp had a partially exposed wire at the bridge, but the angle at the arm and the swivel might cause some delay.

First we remove some parts so they will not get damaged (UNO Shade holder) and gives us access to the lamp cord (brass cap).

Next the socket shell is pried from the socket cap.

Next the socket cap is removed from the lamp by releasing the set screw.

The swivel is removed from the bridge arm.

The wire is removed from the end of the bridge arm.

Laying the lamp on a table helps gain access to the base of the lamp and the bridge arm.

The old lamp cord is pulled out of the lamp base. The new wire is inserted. A trick to threading a new lamp cord is to twist the stripped wires together. Using our small clamps, the new wire is pulled from the lamp body.

The new lamp cord is threaded through the bridge arm and up to where the swivel attaches.

The small clamps help pull the cord down. The swivel is reattached and the socket cap is placed on the swivel.

Tighten the set screw on the socket cap. Wire the socket interior to the lamp cord: the smooth wire goes on the brass terminal and the ribbed wire goes on the silver terminal.

Snap the socket shell into the socket cap. Replace the brass button on the bridge arm.

Replace the UNO shade holder and add a bulb for testing.

Ahoy ye LIGHTlubbers. Perfect. For fun we added one of our Art Glass Fixture shades.

Total Cost < $12 Total Time < 30 minutes

Single Bulb Floor Lamp Replace Socket and Cord

A customer brought this patient in the other day and complained about the bulb "popping" and was worried about the safety of the lamp.

After inspecting the lamp we notice the socket has some burn marks on the interior and the plug is not polarized.

The lamp parts needed to repair this lamp are a new lamp socket interior and a new polarized lamp cord. First we start by removing the socket cap from the socket shell. Since the cord is going to be replaced, we clip the old cord from below the socket interior.

We remove the socket cap and lay the lamp on its side to push the wire new through the lamp body. Tip: Removing the socket cap from the lamp body will you get access to the wire and a small pair of clamps helps grab the wire when it has reached the top.

We put the lamp parts back on the lamp: harp base, lock washer, socket cap.

This socket cap had a knurled base so we take a pair of pliers and tighten it down. Now we are ready to wire the socket interior. The smooth wire connects to the brass screw and ribbed wire connects to the nickel screw.  The socket shell clicks back into the socket cap.

We add a bulb and plug in the lamp to test it.

Perfect. Total Cost: <$15 Total Time: <30 minutes