DaveC wrote:

A nice designer desk lamp uses those l.v. (12v) 2-pin halogen lamps. Each pin
contact in the socket consists of 2 C-shaped halves that are spring-loaded to
hold the pin.

This is a nice (and expensive) lamp that I'd like to keep. What are my
choices? I guess I could solder the lamp to the socket components now and
whenever the bulb gives out.

A replacement socket from a cheap fixture, or a screw connection. The
metal bits from a 'kroonsteentje' (the nowadays plastic screw connectors
used to connect lamp cords to the ceiling wiring) might work.


Thomas