How To Fix A Wobbly Stiffel Floor Lamp

Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem.

How to fix a wobbly stiffel floor lamp.

Floor lamps take up little floor space yet shine a good deal of light where most needed. I have a stiffel floor lamp purchased in 1988 048 2264 l. Over time and repeated touching from turning it on and off parts of the lamp may become loose causing. Table lamps are essentially decorative elements and a light fixture threaded onto a long metal rod with a nut at the bottom to hold the parts in place.

Once you understand the simple construction of a table lamp it is very easy to repair the wobbly 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. That s large enough to handle 840 watts of lighting. Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp.

Lamp cord sold at home centers and hardware stores is usually 18 gauge. I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it. 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. If the lamp works after you tighten up the screws great.

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. Mark wanamaker demonstrates how to replace a lamp switch. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps. It has just fallen apart without a great deal of use.

Its joints are wobbly. Prices to repair a lamp vary widely due to the many styles and ages of lamps. The cost of lamp repair is between 30 to 100 depending on the complexity of the problem. Includes information on newer lamps.

With common tools you can fix your wobbly lamp in minutes.