lamp socket mounting size

Hi Ben!

B > I have an antique looking floor lamp. It had a standard looking lamp B > socket (took regular bulbs) with a turning switch. The socket would B > screw down onto the lamp and hold the torch-shade thing in place. B > B > However, the socket was old and corroded and it sparked when turned. B > B > So I thought I would replace it. I bought a new socket. Only it B > doesn't fit! B > B > That is, the bottom of the socket does not screw onto the lamp. All B > hardware stores I've been to just have one-size of socket.

I seem to recall a lamp socket that had a set screw at the bottom to hold it in place.

Do you still have the original socket? Any possibility the sparking was because the cardboard insulating tube disintergrated and all you need to do is replace the tube?

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barry martin
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Hi,

original poster here... different email account.

Unfortunately I don't have the original. It looked just like every other screw-in switch-socket I've ever seen (a bit tarnished perhaps), so I tossed it. Only when I bought a new one did I find that it didnt' fit.

No screw to hold it in place, it was just a standard screw on socket (where the wires go up the middle of the threaded bottom) - except, of course, it's larger than the standard.

could it be a metric vs. imperial thing? which would be bigger? what is the standard size of the sockets?

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Hank Chinaski

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