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Default How do I wire this lamp??

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:04:35 -0400, "RBM" wrote:


"J. Cameron Davis" wrote in message
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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


I'm pretty sure that the shaft unscrews from the spherical hub where the
three sockets are attached, and you'll find the splice for the three sockets
and the power cord in there

I think so too.

I think it will be hard or impossible to use heat shrink tubing with
this umbrella arrangement of wires. Solder and electrical tape will
be fine.