Rewiring a lamp

[lottie1979]

Hi,
Please can someone help!
I have bought some vintage lamp bases from the US and need to have them re-wired to work here in the UK, i have been looking everywhere but its very hard to find this service any more and I don’t think that I would have the confidence to do it myself.

They were cheap lamps from a flea market so were not very expensive and i have been told of only one place that can do the re-wiring but at 4x the actual cost of the lamp base.

Does anyone know of anyone or any company that would be able to do some re-wiring?

Thank you.

Lottie

 

[Chri5]

Lamp wiring isn't rocket science, it quite ease. but you may need to have some mechanical aptitude and some understanding of what your doing.

Could you post a picture or two of the fitting and hopefully advice can be given from the picture.

Sort of thing that needs considering:-

How many lamps does the fitting have
What sort of bulbs do you intend to use in the finished product
(this will tell us the total watt load of the finished item and will also confirm / deny if the existing bulb holders would be suitable)

If the fitting has any electronics (such as a transformer) please divulge the details.

If you have an olde' world shop in the area that sells electrical bits and pieces, or offers to repair radios and small appliances- they may well be the best place to refurb the fitting and insure it will work correctly to UK / Euro 230- 230v, US is 110v

 

[333rocky333]

I see you are in london, try RYNESS they may be able to do it for you.
Kensington, soho,sutton, camden all have branches and one near marble arch, plus others.
http://www.ryness.co.uk/storefinder.aspx