3 Bulb Floor Lamp Wiring

In this video i walk you through all the steps necessary to re wire and refinish a 1950s 3 light floor lamp.

3 bulb floor lamp wiring.

Same story for the neutral ones. Cover with a new piece of felt if desired to prevent lamp from scratching floor to wire a two prong round cord plug pry out body. With a few simple steps you can breathe new life into your old lamp. Mid century macgyver s inaugural episode.

Taking the time to rewire an old floor lamp is easier than it may sound. How to rewire an old floor lamp. You may have a favorite vintage floor lamp and cannot bare to part with it but it doesn t work anymore. Antique bronze 18 2 plastic covered lamp cord wire sets choice of 3 lengths.

This is a wiring diagram for a vintage floor lamp with 4 bulbs one main bulb and 3 peripheral and usually smaller bulbs. Centre contact for screw fittings is always live the screw fitting neutral. Feed cord into shell. Twist the lamp socket to loosen it from the base.

Ecudis lamp kit antique brass finish table lamp wiring kit with 8 inch harp 3 way socket 2 pieces 12 lamp pipe with instructions for diy lamp design or repair 4 7 out of 5 stars 5 19 99 19. Lift the lamp socket upwards and pull a few inches of wire through the base. Here you join all live wires from the lamp to the live wire of the 3 core cable going to the plug switch. Table lamps or floor lamps often have two or more bulb sockets and rewiring these offers some different challenges than wiring a single bulb lamp not only is there the main plug in lamp cord feeding up through the base of lamp but somewhere within the body of the lamp this main cord is connected to secondary cords running to each of the sockets.

Each lamp needs two wires to work live and neutral. Strip inch of insulation off wire ends after splitting bottom 1 inches of cord as per step 4. Tighten nut around pipe at base. Pinch the sides of the lamp harp and remove it from the holder.

Supplying quality lamps lamp parts since 1952 843 old morrison hwy. Wiring a vintage floor lamp switch. The main bulb threads into a standard socket with an integrated switch and the three peripheral bulbs are wired to a single switch usually located near the central socket.