Table Lamp Pull Chain Repair

We have an oak dining table in the kitchen.

Table lamp pull chain repair. How to fix a table lamp that flickers the pull chain lamp is a familiar sight on the desk of a writer accountant seamstress or any other professional who burns the midnight oil. Plug in and test new chain. Repair a chain switch on a lamp by removing and replacing the lamp socket and switch. How to repair the pull chain on a lamp.

These parts are standard. If only the last few inches of a pull chain has snapped off you can easily replace it with a chain extender. That s why we made this guide to fix the on off switch on a perfectly good lamp. Reattach new socket to matching wires.

Remove the old socket and expose the wires by stripping the plastic coating off 3 4 of an inch. The replacement will have a new switch included. How to repair the pull chain switch in a bankers lamp in 3 easy steps march 12 2019 january 12 2018 by sean williamson anything containing moving parts is at risk of breaking at some point and the pull chain switch on a bankers lamp is no different. Pull chains are common switch types for table lamps but even high quality pull chains can sometimes snap off.

A new socket is inexpensive. A reader wants to fix the pull chain on this lamp. Either way the solution is replacement. Repairing a lamp that the chain has broken on with out buying any new parts.

This guide will help you in repairing a snapped ball chain allowing you to once again turn your lamp on and then off again. You control some by pushing a short shaft on the side of the switch others by turning a knob and still others with a pull chain. After 50 years of use and likely hundreds of cleaning. But if the entire chain snapped off at the base of the pull you ll need to replace the entire socket shell.

I am not an electrician and unplug before you do anything. You can find several varieties of lamp socket switches. Regardless of the existing switch type you can choose a push through switch a pull chain a turn knob or a threeway turn knob that provides two brightness levels.