Thank you, you made this very easy to follow. Because your instructions were clear and concise I had the confidence to fix my lamp switch!! Thank you again.

I’m so glad I looked up how to fix the problem before throwing out my lamp this was 100% easier than expected

This was so helpful! I realized I actually just had the wrong kind of bulb and not a broken lamp! Thanks for the great explanation of the different switches.

Ah, we're on the same page. I always take a picture of everything before I start working on it. I have so many projects/ restorations going at once, some that span over months, even years. Those pictures are worth more than gold. Also, thanks, never dabbled in lamps before, but I needed some know how for one I got.

@jolynnaerobert3190

2 жыл бұрын

I do that also. Especially when disconnecting anything with a bunch of wires.

Thanks for this! Like many others who have commented, I'm grateful for your video so that I too did not have to throw out my lamp. Be well!

Best video I have ever seen to fix a lamp. THANK YOU‼️

FANTASTICexplanation and teaching, thank you! 🙏🏻

my wife was about to throw our lamps away for this very reason, i am so glad i found your video, thank you, i love our lamps and wanted to fix them.

Perfect! Now I don't need to spend money on a repair of two of my lamps :0) Thank you!

Thanks, you're smart, and I appreciate you sharing your understanding.

This guy is clever. Love the subtle jokes. :)

Bring incandescent lighting! Less harmful on your eyes. Such better lighting.

@John-bs5ug

8 ай бұрын

I'll second that! LEDs are too harsh and don't provide a full spectrum of light like incandescents do.

I'm gonna use an incandescent.

Thank you... especially for that tip on taking the photo.

Taking a photo is a smart move.

@JohnHudert1

3 жыл бұрын

I “liked “ this video just because of the “take a pic” 😉

Thanks! I've been wondering about this for years.

This is lovely, but it seems my Target brand lamp was designed to be impossible to repair - I had to cut the wires free and they seem impossible to strip 😭

which wire goes to the brass side ribbed or plane ? this is the most important part of the whole thing geez

Thank you! Very helpful!

This was amazing. Really appreciate your effort and help thanks

What about lamp sockets that don’t have the screws for the wires to connect to? I had to do half turns for my lamp to turn on (it’s a three way) and now it won’t do anything (yes, tried multiple new and knowingly working bulbs)

What if you mixed your wires and don't remember which wire goes to which screw? Asking for a friend

@graciecervantes5946

9 ай бұрын

I'd like to know also.

@Padraigan13

5 ай бұрын

So would I. I took them both off in error. @@graciecervantes5946

Great video!

Thanks so much! What a great video!

Thank you for this video ... But before I went to those extremes ... I changed the lightbulb. :)

@KARE11 Hello - looking for some help. What do I do if the screws on either side of the old socket aren't visible? The two wires feed directly into the black plastic casing. Thank you

Wasn't exactly what I was searching for, but nonetheless, it was a super helpful lamp repair video. Great explanations. Easy to follow. Thanks!

Thanks!

Very disappointed to learn that the lamp I bought has been wired in a way to prevent the socket from being unhooked from the wire. Why would I have a bedroom lamp without a pull chain? Manufacturers should be required to allow easy work with interchangeable parts like this, otherwise, we're more likely to cause bigger issues, like fires, and unnecessarily adding to junk piling up in our environment.

Greatttttt video!

Not as easy as it looks. What do you do when there are no screws holding the wires? My light-thing-piece has the wires going into the bottom part of that piece. I tried pulling them out but they were really stuck in there. I have to buy a new lamp.

@gaucholaw1

3 жыл бұрын

There are other videos here that explain what to do. Just cut the wire and strip it

@marciahenderson870

2 жыл бұрын

@@gaucholaw1 I can't find any of those videos, do you have a link

Thank you

Seriously, though. Wouldn’t it be my choice what kind of lightbulb to use? Last comment was unnecessary.

@John-bs5ug

8 ай бұрын

It was your choice, but now thanks to the Biden administration's onerous ban on incandescents and halogens, you won't have a choice anymore. Repeal the ban!

i have a floor lamp that looks like its an indoor outdor type lamp post...the on / off switch is a button of some sort on the pole...it wont work...can you show or tell how to figure out what i need to buy to replace it?

I couldn’t see what you were doing. All that happened was that I was afraid that I would be “blown away.” Thank you for trying to show us though.

Oh no. I'm going to a lamp repair shop.

Hello! I have a lamp, where the stick that holds the bulb is dangeling off, i would love some advice! Thank you

I have these floor lamps from hell. The light socket is screwed into a rod that screws into the sectional pole of the base. I purchased new sockets however can't for the life of me remove the old socket. I have pics.

@althearenn4529

3 жыл бұрын

I think I brought the same lamps 😩

What if the wire doesn’t pull through the lamp

yes! funny little jokes. good stuff

Why not an incandescent?

This was great. I was about to throw out two lamps.

hi from australia, i have a lamp made by "hanimex" i'm an 80s baby and assumed its from the 80s but apparently its from the 70s it takes a fluorescent tube, if it doesn't work i have to grab the tube and twist it and hope it turns back on. My question is can you get that lamp or a similar TYPE of lamp (i.e with the tube) and explain how the connectors work that way i can take it apart and try to fix it without always twisting it

I'm sure you are knowledgeable, but your hands and fingers are exactly in the view when you're trying to explain something. Couldn't see a thing.

Would be more helpful with close-ups of relevant parts held for several seconds, less blocking by entire hands and less unnecessary movement.

What the watts for the lamp?

@medleykatharine6736

2 жыл бұрын

The most common wattage for table lamps are 60 watt incandescent or a led bulb which ever one you like . Just a tip thought I would share with ya..

Louis CK with hair.

I need written explaination

Hello who watching in 2020?

the problem with my lamp, is that the fixed ring broke and i can't find a replacement for it

Right? ;)

👍

This would have been a much better video had you taken the time to explain the difference between the positive and negative wires before attaching the new switch. Not all lamps are wired like outlets. Some wires are locked into the switch and have to be cut in order to remove. The one I am dealing with doesn't say + or -, so I came to this vid thinking I would have to +'s and -'s explained. But instead I got to learn how to fix a lame that likely had already been repaired in the past.😒

You look like a better looking version of Louis C.K

Me a person who breaks there lamps so much and is 12 and crying because my mom will whoop my ass because I broke it again and I don’t get this

thanks I dont have to buy a new lamp now

you didn't repair it you replaced it should be the correct title

Eh..I'm just going to buy a new lamp..

It's not the same

Louis CK

Fix a lamp

The background music ugh

That music 🎶 was so horribly distracting I had to stop watching.

Don’t need the noise of the background music

@Mistymilkshake

Жыл бұрын

It helps the atmosphere

Kill the music please.

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He’s kinda handsome ☺️