It's all fixed now

It was a pity and such a shame. Only three weeks ago, we had a lamp with a broken cord. The base of the lamp was really pretty - however a base, even a pretty one, isn't very useful if the cord is broken. Thanks to a trip back to my parents, some shopping instructions and dis-assembly from a quick-thinking brother-in-law, and lots of expertise and elbow grease from my Dad, it's not broken any longer. And I didn't realize it would be this simple to fix, either. As much as I'd like to take credit for fixing up the lamp, all the true kudos go to the guys. Thanks you! The best part was we only had to go shopping for a few parts and didn't have to buy a whole new lamp.

First we disassembled the original socket. Then we clipped the old cord off near the break and stripped the insulation off the ends of the old and new cords.

This was so we could splice them together and use the old cord to pull the new one through.

Here are the instructions, which came with the new socket, laying forlorn and unused by the side. Typical, huh! Thankfully we never did need these.

Before installing the new socket, Dad tested to be sure which was the negative. It wouldn't work as well to wire it backwards!

I even got to put the finishing touches on attaching the new wires to the new socket.

Ta-da! Good as new. All that's left to do is screw on the switch knob and attach the bracket for the shade.

All done!

So if you find yourself holding a pretty cool lamp with a broken cord - don't lose heart. A trip to the hardware store and lots of help from your Dad and family will get things back to working again in no time!