How To Fix A Broken Floor Lamp Base

Do not lose any of the pieces.

How to fix a broken floor lamp base.

How to repair a faulty lamp. Some of the tiny strands of wire are probably broken. Get the new wires. Or cut it off and splice it back on with wire nuts.

Set a pillow on the floor. I am thinking of getting a round plate exercise weights 15 or 20 pounder that whose circumference is not bigger than the lamp base and fix it with not and bolt same as how the plaster was. This will eliminate the possibility of replacing one part only to have the problem be the part that was not replaced. Of insulation with a wire stripper.

I got a table lamp kind thing but this is close to 7 feet and same as you i broke the bottom plaster too. Run it in the lamp and then through the socket. A bad socket or a bad cord. Floor lamps that get moved frequently last only a few years before their plastic and the cement inside crumbles.

Pull the socket switch up out of the shell base to expose enough of the switch to reveal. If the hole in the middle of the plate is big then put a big washer and fix the nut. A majority of floor lamps are comprised of threaded pipes joined by screws. The base could be designed so that the pipe fits tightly through the base and screws through the flange last.

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. Since both of these issues involve taking apart the lamp it is wise to replace both items. Get the new socket the one with. I did fix a couple of floor lamps before by replacing the base filling with vinyl concrete and that worked out very well.

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. Gently lean the lamp downward and rest the top of the floor lamp the area near the bulb down on the pillow. You can begin repairing a floor lamp by disassembling the lamp. Cut them off and strip away 1 2 in.

To take it apart start by taking the screws off the foundation. The shade may be left in place if it is a solid. Then the thickness of the base would help support the pipe. How to repair a faulty lamp.

When you connect the new socket don t reuse the bare ends of the wires.