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? on rewiring lamp. J.Lef 01-19-2008
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Posted by J.Lef on January 19, 2008, 8:53 pm
Hello to all.
As another weekend project came to mind, the better half and I decided to
rewire two lamps we love(circa 1970,s). Plus patch the pottery on them.
They are standard type(They look like grecian urns-and made of pottery).
They were originally 3 way, but rewired about ten years ago to one
way.
We decided we now need the 3 way back.
So we purchsed the sockets and wire, and rewired, pretty simple, and
works great as 3 way. (50,100,150)
We then decided we wanted to have an on and off switch on the wire at
base of lamp, so we dont have to reach
under shade to turn on and off.
Hopefully some switch that can do 3 way.
So we puchased a switch, that would do on and off, but when connected
to wiring, it did its job, but we lose the 3 way. Its just a one way.
Can anyone advise, on a type of wiring switch, that can be used to
adjust 3 way, plus on and off, or at least keep the 3 way function, and
work as and on and off.
Hope I didnt confuse anyone. :)

Thanks and much regards



Posted by Terry on January 19, 2008, 9:38 pm

> Hello to all.
>As another weekend project came to mind, the better half and I decided to
>rewire two lamps we love(circa 1970,s). Plus patch the pottery on them.
>They are standard type(They look like grecian urns-and made of pottery).
> They were originally 3 way, but rewired about ten years ago to one
>way.
> We decided we now need the 3 way back.
> So we purchsed the sockets and wire, and rewired, pretty simple, and
>works great as 3 way. (50,100,150)
> We then decided we wanted to have an on and off switch on the wire at
>base of lamp, so we dont have to reach
>under shade to turn on and off.
> Hopefully some switch that can do 3 way.
> So we puchased a switch, that would do on and off, but when connected
>to wiring, it did its job, but we lose the 3 way. Its just a one way.
> Can anyone advise, on a type of wiring switch, that can be used to
>adjust 3 way, plus on and off, or at least keep the 3 way function, and
>work as and on and off.
> Hope I didnt confuse anyone. :)
>
> Thanks and much regards
>

I don't see how you could have affected the switching of the lamp that
works as a 3-way by adding an inline switch in the lamp cord.

I could be wrong. It happens regularly. :)

Are you sure you are using a 3 way lamps?


Posted by J.Lef on January 19, 2008, 9:50 pm
>
> I don't see how you could have affected the switching of the lamp that
> works as a 3-way by adding an inline switch in the lamp cord.
>
> I could be wrong. It happens regularly. :)
>
> Are you sure you are using a 3 way lamps?

Hi Terry:
We initially rewired them with 3 way sockets, and
worked perfectly. On adding the inline switch(which turns them on and off
fine), we lose any adjustability on the socket switch. If we turn the socket
switch, we get on and off only. No progression.

Thanks
>



Posted by jJim McLaughlin on January 19, 2008, 11:12 pm
J.Lef wrote:
> Hi Terry:
> We initially rewired them with 3 way sockets, and
> worked perfectly. On adding the inline switch(which turns them on and off
> fine), we lose any adjustability on the socket switch. If we turn the socket
> switch, we get on and off only. No progression.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

That simply is not physically possible.

As the secondary poster wrote:

"Are you sure that yoiu are using three way bulbs?"

and

"Are you sure you installed a three way socket?"

Post and provide a link to pictures of the bulb base and the interior of
the
replacement socket you installed.

Posted by J.Lef on January 19, 2008, 11:49 pm
>> As always, you guys are the best. You are right and the
>> fault is on our end.
For some reason, it seems that the 3 way bulbs got a bit loosened. They
were turning on and off, but not three way.
We cut off the inline switch first, and connected the cut
wire. The lamp was still one way. I went to look at lamp socket,to make
sure everything was tight, and gave the bulb about a half a turn. That did
the trick. It seems if the bulb is not completely tightened it would turn on
and off, but lost three way.
So we had to put the inline switches back on again and
everything is fine.
Never had 3 ways that were that sensitive, that they would work
one way, unless sufficienty tightened. It must have something to do with the
new sockets we put on, and they really need a very tight bulb fit to work 3
way.

Thanks for everyone who helped.
>
> That simply is not physically possible.
>
> As the secondary poster wrote:
>
> "Are you sure that yoiu are using three way bulbs?"
>
> and
>
> "Are you sure you installed a three way socket?"
>
> Post and provide a link to pictures of the bulb base and the interior of
> the
> replacement socket you installed.



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