Firegeek wrote in message
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Hi All,

Does anyone here have any experience repairing 1960's vintage "Lampette E-6"
desk lamps (like the one pictured at:
http://www.whitetrashnyc.com/product...task-lamp/896/ )?

I have two of these lamps. One works well, but the other one only lights
intermittently because of what surely seems to be a problem in the
telescoping arm mechanism. Specifically, it only lights when I apply tension
to the first (lowest) moveable telescope segment, and only then when the arm
is no more than about 30 degrees from the horizontal. There are a couple of
millimeters of "backlash" in that lowest segment of the faulty lamp that
isn't evident in the one that works well.

I think I could probably figure out and fix whatever the problem is, if I
felt like I could open up the telescoping mechanism without more or less
destroying it. In general it doesn't appear that these lamps were designed
to be serviced -- their assembly seems to have been something of a "one-way"
operation. I've managed to get the base open by prying off the aluminum
bezel at the bottom, and I've managed to get the arm disconnected from the
plastic case. But that's where I'm stalled.

Anyone been down this road already?

Thanks,

Michael


++++

If the base does not contain a transformer, its probably a death trap anyway