![]() The neutral strand goes through the safety arm ring at the bottom of the silver terminal and the light socket. Turn the silver screw on the socket until it is barely attached on the first lamp arm. The neutral strand of wire goes with the silver part and positive wire goes with the bronze. Note: Your light sockets will have bronze and silver colored terminals located on the bottom. Take the strands of the wire sticking out of each lamp arm and attach it to your light sockets. Take the third lamp tee and attach it to the top 12” pipe and screw on a nut cap to the top of this tee. Next, take the bottom 12” tube and attach it to the bottom of the lamp tee and the top of the lamp tee. ![]() This piece will then be stuffed with the second set of connectors into the second lamp tee. Take the positive strands of the third lamp wire, connecting wire, and second lamp wire and repeat the coupling process. Locate the ribbed strands, twist the bare ends together, and screw on a winged connector as tightly as possible. Repeat the coupling process for the neutral strands, the third lamp wire, connecting wire and the second lamp wire. Take the bottom of the lamp tee and attach the 36” pipe to it and the 12” pipe to the top of the lamp tee. Even though it will be tight, force them in. Repeat this also for the positive ends of the power cord, connecting wire, and first lamp wire. Test your wires by lightly tugging on them to ensure that everything is fastened securely. Then, screw on a winged connector as tight as you can possibly get it. This should expose a nice bit of bare wire.Īt the first lamp tee: Twist the first lamp wire, exposed neutral ends of the power cord, and the 26” connecting wire together. Strip off a quarter inch of insulation from each strand with a wire cutter. Next, take the positive and neutral strands of each wire apart. Then, string the 26” length of wire from the first lamp arm tee up through the bottom 12” tube to the second lamp arm tee. Next, feed the 14” lengths of lamp wire through the other pipe arms.įrom the bottom string your power cord through the side of your power tee, out of the top of the tee and up through the 36” pipe so that it terminates at the first lamp arm tee. Next, feed the 30” length wire from the highest lamp arm down through the top 12” pipe so that it terminates at the second lamp arm tee. You will need 30” length of lamp wire, 26” length of lamp wire and two 14” lengths of lamp wire. You will be connecting positive wires to positive wires and neutral wires to neutral wires. The lights will be wired in parallel to make the bulbs independent. Repeat this two more times to make two more arms. Next, attach an elbow and screw in a close connector. Grab a pipe tee and attach a 6” length of pipe. If your base is wobbly, adjust the tightness of your flanges until all four “feet” are firmly planted on the ground. You will string your power cord up through the hole here. Lastly, use a close connector to attach a pipe tee lengthwise to the top of the four way splitter. Then attach the other two 8” pipes, then your two elbows, then two close connectors and the last two flanges. Next, screw that on to the bottom of your four way splitter. Take your two bottom legs and attach 2” length of pipe to the end of a pipe tee. To form the top two legs of your base attach two of the floor flanges on the end of those pipes. ![]() Next, screw on your two 5″ pipes on the end of the elbow pieces. Screw on an elbow piece on the end of those pipes. Assembling the Base:Īttach two 8″pipes to opposing sides of your four way splitter. ![]() Stuff the openings of each component with paper towels. If you plan on spray painting the pipes, then you should sand all of the parts to ensure that it will have an even coat. Also, take your 60-grit sandpaper and sand off any parts that have laser-printed labels on them. Instructions for the Industrial Floor Lamp:įirst, start by wiping all the pipes with paper towels that are soaked in household cleaner. Contact us today if you need to purchase them. Grease-Fighting Household Cleaner of Your Choice (I used Green Apple) Why pay hundreds when you can build your own for half that price?ġ- ¾” Galvanized Metal 4-Way Pipe Splitterģ- 1”-to-3/4” Black Metal Reducing CouplersĤ- ¾” Galvanized Metal Pipe Floor Flangesġ- Package Winged Wire Connectors (Min, 2x #18 Gauge – Max, 3x #12 Gauge)ģ- Feit Electric Original Vintage 60w Bulbsġ- Can Rustoleum Textured Black Spray Paint An industrial floor lamp could range from $500- $1000 dollars. Do you have leftover industrial piping that you don’t know what to do with? You could “wow” guests at your house by making an industrial pipe floor lamp.
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