How To Fix A Wobbly Stiffel Floor Lamp

Mark wanamaker demonstrates how to replace a lamp switch.

How to fix a wobbly stiffel floor lamp.

I have a stiffel floor lamp purchased in 1988 048 2264 l. Loose screws may have been the lamp s only problem. With common tools you can fix your wobbly lamp in minutes. 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.

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. That s large enough to handle 840 watts of lighting. Lamp cord sold at home centers and hardware stores is usually 18 gauge. 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.

Its joints are wobbly. 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. If the lamp works after you tighten up the screws great.

Yes you can do it in less than 10 minutes. If not take it apart again and proceed with the following steps. Over time and repeated touching from turning it on and off parts of the lamp may become loose causing. The cost of lamp repair is between 30 to 100 depending on the complexity of the problem.

Prices to repair a lamp vary widely due to the many styles and ages of lamps. Once you understand the simple construction of a table lamp it is very easy to repair the wobbly lamp. Movers smashed my weighted lamp base for my torchiere lamp. Includes information on newer lamps.

I used quikrete a vinyl concrete patching material to repair it.