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Rewired a lamp-socket/shade question

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Some time ago this lamp was accidentally knocked over and eventually stopped working properly. I decided to just rewire it. I felt that diy awesome buzz until I realized I bought a lamp kit for a harp and the shade is one of those uno fit ones. I don’t want to replace the shade.

Here the original socket and the shade just sat on the end.



Here’s the new one. Excuse the dust.



I don‘t think this socket is correct for this type of shade but is there any (safety) reason I can’t add the shade this way? Socket is slightly too small so a bump to the shade would cause it to tip. My first thought was to wrap a piece of electrical tape around the socket to fill the gap/add cushion, then add the shade.

Showing shade on socket without electrical tape.



Thanks!

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