About the product
Date of repair
Ref. number
81
Repairer
Justin Adie
Brand
Homebase
Kind of product
Table lamp
About the repair
(Estimated) Year of production
2006
Model, type number and/or serial number
192267
Defect found
broken and deformed switch bar retainer in lamp holder
Problem description + probable cause
Not reliably switching, faulty lamp holder
Has the product been repaired?
Yes
What did you do to repair it?
removed felt and cardboard base, removed end armature, removed bulb holder, slackened wiring, fitted new bulb holder and reassembled
Reparability of product (1 = difficult, 10 = easy)
6
Did you use repair information?
No, didn't look for it
Do you have any suggestions for other repairers of this (or similar) product?
Getting lamp holders from hardware stores is unlikely, most are pendant cord grip types. Amazon stocks them but dearer than they should be. Beware there is no reliable single standard thread for threaded lamp holders, 9mm, 10mm and 1/2" are all common and not cross compatible. Measure carefully and try with a metric nut (nb metric nuts are not the same pitch as threaded lamp rods but they give a good size indication).
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