I've had this broken lamp sitting on my work bench for years. I finally decided to fix it.
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Fix that old lamp with the short. |
I assumed the problem was the receptacle. I suppose duct tape was no longer sufficient.
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Note: It's not supposed to look like that. Duct tape isn't sufficient. |
I removed the screw in the base and popped off the bottom. I pulled the cord to give me enough room to work before snipping it, and I took a scrap cord to splice into the lamp. Strip the wire off the existing cord and new cord. Twist the ends of the
wire together and then use a screw nut. Wrap the base of the wire and
then the screw nut with electrical tape.
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Unscrew and pop off the base. |
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Remove the old cord and insert the new, twisting the wires together and adding wire nuts. |
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Add electrical tape to ensure the wire nuts stay in place. |
Push the wires into the bottom and replace the base. The lamp now works.
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