rewiring old lamp
#1
I'm rewiring an old candlestick lamp. Standard
wire is too thick to thread through the lamp. First, is smaller guage wire available? I haven't seen it at the hardware store. Is there an on-line source for stuff like this and maybe even vintage lamp parts?
wire is too thick to thread through the lamp. First, is smaller guage wire available? I haven't seen it at the hardware store. Is there an on-line source for stuff like this and maybe even vintage lamp parts?
#2
hello lyn,
what u need to do is go to your local hardwear store and buy yourself some lamp cord, its usually around 18 gage wire and it has 2 wires in it that pull apart, some times they call it zip cord. the wire that looks diferent is the nutural some times its flat,or has a ridge , or slash marks, it looks diferent then the other. the nutural wire goes to the shell of the lamp socket(where the bulb screws into) and the hot goes to the buttion in the bottom of the socket. the nutural goes to the widest blade on the plugin, and hot to other. if u need an inline switch this goes on the hot( switch thats in the cord)...hope this helps u out
what u need to do is go to your local hardwear store and buy yourself some lamp cord, its usually around 18 gage wire and it has 2 wires in it that pull apart, some times they call it zip cord. the wire that looks diferent is the nutural some times its flat,or has a ridge , or slash marks, it looks diferent then the other. the nutural wire goes to the shell of the lamp socket(where the bulb screws into) and the hot goes to the buttion in the bottom of the socket. the nutural goes to the widest blade on the plugin, and hot to other. if u need an inline switch this goes on the hot( switch thats in the cord)...hope this helps u out
#3
Hi Sparky
Thanks for your input but I know all that. My problem is twhat standard lamp cord is too thick to go through the stem of my candlestick lamp. I need thinner guage lamp cord. Which they didn't seem to have. Is there an online source for lamp parts or electrical parts that would have something like this?
Thanks for your input but I know all that. My problem is twhat standard lamp cord is too thick to go through the stem of my candlestick lamp. I need thinner guage lamp cord. Which they didn't seem to have. Is there an online source for lamp parts or electrical parts that would have something like this?
#5
Perhaps I can help here. Find an electronics supplier (even Radio Shack) and check their bins for wire rolls. You may be better served to thread individual wires using 20 AWG with a teflon insulation. All this is pretty inexpensive and this is something that the hardware stores do not carry.
Smokey
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#7
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