[SHORT VERSION] How to Rewire an Antique Floor Lamp So It Doesn't Burn Your House Down

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[@ResaleRabbit]

Wanna see the full video, packed with dumb jokes and extra footage? Right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3XWknmDn5qVa9E

[@glennaw1547]

We just paid over $200.00 to have a 1920s lamp rewired at a lamp shop. In Phoenix. I have one more that needs help. Thanks to you, we are doing this ourselves. 😀👍🏼

[@Danielle-nz9tn]

I appreciate your focus on safety-both your explanations of why re-wiring old lamps is important to prevent fire hazards AND the care and responsibility you took to snip the plug from the old, damaged wire before recycling it to prevent someone trying to use it.

[@pattygould3806]

The gold looks great Rabbit. Great job !

[@michiganprospector8209]

Appears even a rewiring of an old light is interesting when done by Resale Rabbit. I would have cleaned the bird poop off the base first -just saying.

[@sevilleweathington6931]

And I thought it was rust

[@OriginalNethead]

That lamp is flat out Art Deco and probably more 1930s than 1950s, which explains why the plug was so bad. It would originally have had a glass pendant shade of some sort over the bulb, but that was long gone. The lamp I use by my computer is one my dad and I rewired 25 years ago; it was about the same age.

[@therealbennett]

If you snip the existing cable and tape them together you can use the old cable to pull the new cable through 😁

[@OriginalNethead]

Done that! It's an old electrician's trick. Learned from an electrical engineer with a practical bent.

[@discoj7112]

Or in this case if you don't want to deal with cutting the plug off to fit it through, just tie some string to the bare end of the old wire and pull the string through, then tie it to the new cord and pull the string out, pulling your new cord through in the process. Might work a little better if you put some tape over the pointy bits so they have a harder time getting caught on something.

[@roadtrek8951]

Looks much better with the gold colored cord and the lamp is much older than the 50's.

[@zuzuspetals8323]

Great title. Appreciate the tour of the lighting section, too.

[@ShannonShenanigans79]

These videos I need.

[@GrandmaGaye]

The long version is entertaining. Going for the gold made the difference.

[@doodahgurlie]

New to all this so I find it really interesting. Just curious, does wattage matter? For example, can I use a 40w in that lamp as well as 250w? Or are special wires needed?

[@vanzant529]

Curious, how much would you ask this for lamp? (Cost for lamp & wiring stuff plus your labor). I’ve seen them in antique shops BEFORE new wiring & they want $250. Im redoing one but don’t know how much to sell it for. (Do comps?) Thanks!

[@davidgrear7020]

Hey Rabbit, just curious, how much of your total business is Amazon? Maybe 10%? I do a lot of toys and Amazon now requires all these documents to sell toys, so I am about 60% Amazon right now and wanting to grow other areas and get it down to less than 25%.

[@palmbeachimpressions]

one thing I think it's important to mention that you have a team of people helping you. There's no way one Person can do this. As an example I am a small seller on ebay and just one hiccup on ebay took me 1 hour to solve. There's just not enough time in the day to do all this. so how many people do you have doing what....?

[@ResaleRabbit]

I have one person running the eBay account. He handles everything from research, testing, photos, listing, shipping, and customer questions. All I do is source the product.

[@georgesenda1952]

I would have repainted it gold first & treated the rust too but thanks for doing this.

[@ResaleRabbit]

The rust is only on the base and it’s going to be behind a chair so you won’t see it. Didn’t think it was worth the hassle.

[@Danielle-nz9tn]

Some restorations I think can actually lower the value of the product. I’m not expert, but I’m pretty sure that’s true-at least for some very valuable antiques, as seen on Antique Roadshow :)…Just something to keep in mind if you care about preserving monetary value of certain items. I love the old look, personally.

[@mrthrifter]

Anytime you want to do a "how to" video, I'm all ears!

[@michaels7345]

That would be a bridge lamp.

[@MICHGO1]

WHY NOT SKIP THE STORE AND SHOW HOW TO TIE THE UNDERWRITERS KNOT?

[@frankdee4987]

Why did I just watch the boring long version when I could have watched this shorter slightly less boring video

[@vanzant529]

That’s what I though too!