ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Those clamp-lights from Walmart - be careful

If you buy one of these clamp lamps (particularly the ones currently at sale at some Walmarts) with the bakelite (brown) lampholders, unscrew the socket shell and inspect the terminal screws the cord is connected to before plugging the lamp in.

I bought one a couple of weekends ago for work and I had to re-do the connections.

The conductors weren't twisted together before wrapping them around the terminal screws and there were stray strands all over the place and also the screws weren't securely tightened!!!



[This message has been edited by SvenNYC (edited 01-09-2003).]