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Posted by DerbyDad03 on November 11, 2007, 8:33 pm
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> >> Hello,
>
> >> Have really been beating the bushes for this, with no luck.
> >> Tried most of the web lamp repair sites, etc.
>
> >> Looking to replace the wire mesh safety grill that sits on top
> >> on one of those Torchiere halogen (linear) bulb floor pole lamps.
>
> >> Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
>
> > Suggestions for what? What to use? Where to buy? How to make?
>
> > Take a piece of it to an industrial supply house or look at mesh screens and
> > expanded metal atwww.mcmaster.com
>
> Does anybody even MAKE a high quality halogen floor lamp any more? All I
> see in the stores any more are 20 buck POS's, definitely not worth
> spending a lot of time chasing parts for.
>
> That grille on the top only came about due to fires caused by kids or
> clueless people letting combustibles land on top of the lamp. Used
> carefully, it is fine to go without it. The things do get awful warm for
> household use- I <never> leave them running if I am not in the room, and
> usually end up replacing the second hazardous part, the dimmer switch,
> with a simple on-off rotary. (I had a couple get hot enough to startle
> me when I grabbed the pole at switch level.) Never used them on dimmer
> anyway- that buzzing was so annoying. IMHO, I would never have that
> style of lamp in a house with kids or elderly folks. Things that can
> start fires need to be idiot-proof.
>
> As to where to get replacement parts? Drive through any apartment
> project on the first couple of days of the month, right after moving
> day. There are usually 2 or 3 standing beside the dumpsters. That is
> where all mine cam from, when I lived there before buying this house.
>
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Don't you just love the puff of smoke and the burnt object smell that
occurs when a fly or moth lands on top of one of those lamps?
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