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Tightening light assembly Charlie S. 12-31-2007
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Posted by Charlie S. on December 31, 2007, 12:50 pm
Recently, I repaired an old lamp fixture. Now the 'socket shell' and 'socket
cap' assembly seem to have a little more play than they previously did.

Occasionally, they will break apart if the lamp is not closed carefully.
Any suggestions on how create a better fit? Just pushing them together
harder doesn't do anything.

http://images.lowes.com/general/l/lamp_kit.gif

This is the link showing what I mean by 'socket shell' and 'socket cap'.



Posted by Steve on December 31, 2007, 1:15 pm
alt.home.repair:

> Recently, I repaired an old lamp fixture. Now the 'socket shell' and
> 'socket cap' assembly seem to have a little more play than they
> previously did.
>
> Occasionally, they will break apart if the lamp is not closed
> carefully. Any suggestions on how create a better fit? Just pushing
> them together harder doesn't do anything.
>
> http://images.lowes.com/general/l/lamp_kit.gif
>
> This is the link showing what I mean by 'socket shell' and 'socket
> cap'.

Every time you take one of those apart, it gets a little looser. The
prongs on one half have to fit tightly into the recepticals on the other
half. I suspect your prongs are getting mashed down, the two halves are
geting out of perfect shape, and the thin metal is losing its "spring".
Also, if the prongs don't seat right the whole thing will be loose.

You can fool with it and make it a little better, or you can go buy a
new one. I'd buy a new one for the time it takes to fix the old one.

--
Steve B.
New Life Home Improvement

Posted by willshak on December 31, 2007, 1:30 pm
on 12/31/2007 12:50 PM Charlie S. said the following:
> Recently, I repaired an old lamp fixture. Now the 'socket shell' and 'socket
> cap' assembly seem to have a little more play than they previously did.
>
> Occasionally, they will break apart if the lamp is not closed carefully.
> Any suggestions on how create a better fit? Just pushing them together
> harder doesn't do anything.
>
> http://images.lowes.com/general/l/lamp_kit.gif
>
> This is the link showing what I mean by 'socket shell' and 'socket cap'.
>
>
>
I have stretched the diameter of the socket shell to a tighter fit in
the socket cap.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Posted by Oren on December 31, 2007, 2:53 pm
wrote:

>on 12/31/2007 12:50 PM Charlie S. said the following:
>> Recently, I repaired an old lamp fixture. Now the 'socket shell' and 'socket
>> cap' assembly seem to have a little more play than they previously did.
>>
>> Occasionally, they will break apart if the lamp is not closed carefully.
>> Any suggestions on how create a better fit? Just pushing them together
>> harder doesn't do anything.
>>
>> http://images.lowes.com/general/l/lamp_kit.gif
>>
>> This is the link showing what I mean by 'socket shell' and 'socket cap'.
>>
>>
>>
>I have stretched the diameter of the socket shell to a tighter fit in
>the socket cap.

Also, may sure there is not an excessive amount of wire. I trimmed a
little wire off so the socket would recess into the cap easier. This
allowed the shell to snap in place.
Oren
--

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