Floor lamps are a good way to light up a living room since they stand on their own and don't need table space. As floor lamps get older, they may become wobbly. If bumped, a wobbly could fall over and break. An unbalanced floor lamp will also look crooked and produce a slanted beam of light. You can tighten your floor lamp to prevent it from wobbling. Whether it's loose in the middle of the unit or from the base, tighten it on your own.
Instructions
1. Determine where your lamp is loose. Grasp the lamp at various points, and shake it gently to find where it is loose.
2. Tighten the middle of the floor lamp if you find it loose in this area. Floor lamps use tubes that screw together to make it tall enough to light the whole room. Grasp the tube just under the loose portion with your left hand. Grasp the tube above it with your right hand. Holding the bottom tube steady, turn the upper tube clockwise to tighten it.
3. Tip over the unit if you've found that your floor lamp is loose at the base. Tip it over so you have access to the bottom of the stand. Be careful not to damage the shade or break the light bulb.
4. Locate the bolt in the middle of the bottom of the stand. It will be placed directly on the other side of the tubes leading up to the lamp shade.
5. Tighten the lamp base bolt. Depending on your floor lamp, tighten it with either a socket wrench or a Phillips head screwdriver. Turn the bolt clockwise until it feels tight. Turn the table lamp upright.
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