Floor Lamp Wiring Diagram

All of the neutral wires nickel screw with ribbed or white wire from each socket connect in one wire nut.

Floor lamp wiring diagram. You can get around this problem by using the next larger pair of notches. Practice cord set 1. There are 4 connections inside the cluster body. Practice cord set 2.

Most wire strippers are sized for solid wire rather than the slightly larger stranded wire used in lamp cords. But the issue is safety. True the lamp will usually work either way. Cover with a new piece of felt if desired to prevent lamp from scratching floor to wire a two prong round cord plug pry out body.

This is a wiring diagram for a vintage floor lamp with 4 bulbs one main bulb and 3 peripheral and usually smaller bulbs. The threaded socket is the neutral. Connect hot and neutral wires correctly. In response to requests for a wiring diagram for a floor lamp with a mogul socket and 3 way switch we have prepared this rough sketch.

The main bulb threads into a standard socket with an integrated switch and the three peripheral bulbs are wired to a single switch usually located near the central socket. Strip inch of insulation off wire ends after splitting bottom 1 inches of cord as per step 4. To learn proper wiring techniques in the next few lessons we ll be making two mini practice lamp cord sets. Tighten nut around pipe at base.

The other connections are for the hot side brass screw with black or smooth wire to the switch and socket. Antique floor lamp wiring page 1 of 2 these old floor lamps are great. If the stripper won t remove the insulation use smaller notches. One is integral to the central lamp holder not shown on the diagram on page 2 often accepts a larger mogul base e39 3 way bulb and the other is usually a smaller 3 way turn switch shown in yellow on the diagram that controls the three candle lamp holders shown.

How to rewire an old floor lamp. Normally power voltage comes through the tab on the socket base. They generally have two switches. If you wonder why you have to identify and connect the hot and neutral wires correctly in a lamp read on.

Feed cord into shell. You may have a favorite vintage floor lamp and cannot bare to part with it but it doesn t work anymore. Taking the time to rewire an old floor lamp is easier than it may sound. Table lamps or floor lamps often have two or more bulb sockets and rewiring these offers some different challenges than wiring a single bulb lamp not only is there the main plug in lamp cord feeding up through the base of lamp but somewhere within the body of the lamp this main cord is connected to secondary cords running to each of the sockets.