How To Fix A Floor Lamp

Pic of leaning floor lamp pic of lamp unscrewed.

How to fix a floor lamp. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps. Whether an heirloom antique or modern piece you may have a table lamp reading lamp or floor lamp that you cannot bear to part with. Professional skilled lamp repair is the answer. Try a new bulb and plug the lamp into a different outlet before taking things apart.

Place a small piece of electrical tape on the extra cord to hold it. If a bulb flickers when you turn on the lamp you may only need to tighten the bulb in its socket. Remove the shade or top of the floor lamp. Remove the light bulb from the socket.

Unscrew the nut and lift off the shade or top. 3 take a small piece of duct tape and wrap it around the inner grooves of the pole. 2 unscrew the section that is loose. The electrical cord will be pulled up through the lamp.

To take it apart start by taking the screws off the foundation. You can begin repairing a floor lamp by disassembling the lamp. Do not lose any of the pieces. Run it in the lamp and then through the socket.

Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem. Usually there is a nut that holds a shade on or if the lamp has an open glass top there is a nut around the socket. Includes information on newer lamps. What to do when the lamp does not work.

Grab the two wires near where they turn down into the body of the lamp and pull up. If the lamp works after you tighten up the screws great. You will want 6 of the cord extending above the lamp. Get the new socket the one with the nuts.

A majority of floor lamps are comprised of threaded pipes joined by screws. Next unplug the lamp and inspect the cord and plug. 4 reattach pole and screw on until tight. Get the new wires.

1 unplug the floor lamp. If that doesn t work operate the switch.