On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:32:26 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
Get yourself a floor lamp from Good Earth Lighting.
http://www.goodearthlighting.com/

I slid one of their floor lamps out of a corner over the weekend to
vacuum around it, and the weight inside the base crumbled like a
giant cookie. Nice. The company says "We've heard of this before",
but they won't cover it even though it's just a month or two out of
warranty.
First one I bought went bad within a month. The company shipped me a
replacement and told me to toss the old one in the trash. That should
provide some idea of how little they pay for this junk from China.

Crumbled weighting substance. Seemed heavier than it should've for
its size, after I scooped it all into a bag. Probably the pulverized
bones of Chinese dissidents, mixed with lead:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...g?t=1261427795


What's left to work with:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...g?t=1261427865

I'll probably epoxy some bricks to the top of the base. Or something.

I had that happen about a half a dozen years ago with a generic light base.
Ended up using a weight from a weightlifting set, set inside of a plywood
frame. IIRC, I hot glued the whole mess together, then used three screws
from the topside to secure it.

It does suck when a corner is cut that saved the company $0.50 but which
results in a worthless POS.

Jon

You shifted the decimal point 2 places to the left. Probably saved
them all of $0.0005 each - but that's still more than a living wage
over a million units.