Hi All,
Does anyone here have any experience repairing 1960's vintage "Lampette E-6= " desk lamps (like the one pictured at:
I have two of these lamps. One works well, but the other one only lights in= termittently because of what surely seems to be a problem in the telescopin= g arm mechanism. Specifically, it only lights when I apply tension to the f= irst (lowest) moveable telescope segment, and only then when the arm is no = more than about 30 degrees from the horizontal. There are a couple of milli= meters of "backlash" in that lowest segment of the faulty lamp that isn't e= vident in the one that works well.=20
I think I could probably figure out and fix whatever the problem is, if I f= elt like I could open up the telescoping mechanism without more or less des= troying it. In general it doesn't appear that these lamps were designed to = be serviced -- their assembly seems to have been something of a "one-way" o= peration. I've managed to get the base open by prying off the aluminum beze= l at the bottom, and I've managed to get the arm disconnected from the plas= tic case. But that's where I'm stalled.=20
Anyone been down this road already?
Thanks,
Michael