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Once again, thank you to one and all. The lighting fixtures (really better words to use than lamps since they are pendant lights which wire into the ceiling) arrived, and the socket base easily unscrews from the housing. I think it will be next to nothing to remove the socket base and long...

Thanks for all your help! I'm really looking forward to heading for England next week - with or with out lamps for my friend. They should arrive today so I will know then whether they look as though they can easily be refitted in England with the appropriate bits to make it work for her...

"Personally, I think it would be much more sensible to "get googling" and source a similar fitting designed specifically for the UK." I agree completely, but what's a friend to do? The lamp being purchased will have a shade, a round housing surrounding the socket and base, and a long conduit...

My goal was to take the innards out (rated 110) and replace them with UK innards (rated 230). The lamp itself is just pieces of steel and ceramic. What I don't know is if the innards on lamps in England are about the same size and shape as the innards of the same sort of lamp in the US so that...

My friend wants me to bring her a pendant lamp she saw here in the US. Assuming the socket and wire are easily removed (which I can tell before I leave the US) should I anticipate any problems rewiring it for her appropriately once I am in the UK. The lamp simply hangs from it's cord with...