How safe is the wiring in old floor lamps?

[mart]

Ever have an old wire break or get stuck? I have in the hundreds of lamps I have rewired. It is not fun when that happens. Very often the connection of the two wires is too thick and jams at a bend or joint. Then you try to force it and you are left with a blob of tape stuck inside the lamp. That lamp has a spice box. It is a piece of cake to do it. No arm like I thought. 

Its getting stuck is the reason I strip the cover off the wire twist each side together and then use electrical tape to bind them into one !! Its usually smaller than the original !!  Easy to pull !!

[cogar]

Sometimes a person will want a longer cord on a lamp and will cut the original underneath the base and then “tape” a longer cord to it. And those are the “taped connections” you don’t want to be pulling on.

Iffen you are worried about the “pulling” of a new wire …. then just solder the old wire to the new wire and pull it thru. 

[mart]

Mmmm,, my way is easier Cogar !!  I just move the lamp closer to the plug !!