How To Fix A Wobbly Stiffel Floor Lamp

Yes you can do it in less than 10 minutes.

How to fix a wobbly stiffel floor lamp.

If you have one of those rare lamps that uses bulbs totaling more than 840 watts have it fixed at a lamp repair shop instead of trying to figure out how to rewire a lamp. Over time and repeated touching from turning it on and off parts of the lamp may become loose causing. A lamp switch has a brass screw to which the hot black wire is attached and a silver screw to which the neutral white wire is attached. I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it.

The cost of lamp repair is between 30 to 100 depending on the complexity of the problem. Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem. Mark wanamaker demonstrates how to replace a lamp switch. That s large enough to handle 840 watts of lighting.

Prices to repair a lamp vary widely due to the many styles and ages of lamps. With common tools you can fix your wobbly lamp in minutes. Its joints are wobbly. Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp.

I have a stiffel floor lamp purchased in 1988 048 2264 l. Lamp cord sold at home centers and hardware stores is usually 18 gauge. It has just fallen apart without a great deal of use. Floor lamps take up little floor space yet shine a good deal of light where most needed.

It s much easier than you think. Includes information on newer lamps. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps. You also can choose between fix it shops a handyman on site service or specialty shops found on this page s angie s list of pros near your location.

If the lamp works after you tighten up the screws great.