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Socket Assembly & Lamp Wiring Guide

  1. Place steel washer, rubber washer & locknut onto end of threaded rod. 
  2. Insert threaded rod into your lamp base. 
  3. Add a rubber washer & locknut to top of threaded rod. 
  4. Tighten against top of your base finger-tight. 
  5. Slip vase cap, neck, harp base & socket bottom onto threaded rod & tighten finger-tight. 
  6. Run lamp cord up through threaded pipe as shown in illustration below.
  7.  Make an electricians' knot to prevent wire from being accidentally pulled loose.
  8. If necessary, carefully strip 3/4" of insulation from end of lamp cord. 
  9. If ends are not tinned, twist each section tightly. 
  10. Wrap the wire with smooth insulation clockwise around the brass "hot" terminal screw. 
  11. Tighten screw. 
  12. Wrap the wire with ribbed insulation clockwise around the silver "neutral" terminal screw. 
  13. Tighten screw.
  14. If using a shell-type socket, press cover securely into socket's base.

 


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