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Default How do I wire this lamp??

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:38:25 +0000, J. Cameron Davis wrote:

I have this 1920's lamp with three sockets I need to wire. The link
below leads to a picture of the top part of the lamp. The only parts
that can be removed are the sockets and the short curved pieces to which
they attach. The shaft can't be removed from the lamp. There is not
enough room in the ball at the top of the lamp for wire nuts, and I
can't get three pieces of lamp cord down through the shaft so I can make
the connections inside the lamp base. Any ideas how I can wire this?
Thanks.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...vis/colby3.jpg




Would there be enough space in the curved tubing to do the following?

I'd try #14 stranded wire and wire sockets in parallel. I wonder if you
limit the wattage of bulb if you couldn't go to a #16 wire.