How To Fix A Wobbly Stiffel Floor Lamp

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

How to fix a wobbly stiffel floor lamp.

Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp. 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 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. Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem.

Over time and repeated touching from turning it on and off parts of the lamp may become loose causing. It s much easier than you think. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps. Yes you can do it in less than 10 minutes.

I had it in to a light place twice and they tried to put it together so it wouldn t fall apart but it is falling apart again. Lamp cord sold at home centers and hardware stores is usually 18 gauge. Its joints are wobbly. That s large enough to handle 840 watts of lighting.

Once you understand the simple construction of a table lamp it is very easy to repair the wobbly lamp. It has just fallen apart without a great deal of use. I have a stiffel floor lamp purchased in 1988 048 2264 l. With common tools you can fix your wobbly lamp in minutes.

Includes information on newer lamps. Prices to repair a lamp vary widely due to the many styles and ages of lamps. 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.

Mark wanamaker demonstrates how to replace a lamp switch.