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Re-wiring a lamp with three bulb sockets and a dimmer
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This lamp had a dimmer which was underneath the base, the knob of the dimmer was threaded came thru a hole in that base. The wires have become so mixed up that I can’t figure out how to replace all those wires together so that the dimmer works with all three lights simultaneously. I’m a woman in my 80’s and have replaced most of my wall light switches with dimmers but this lamp has me stumped. I’m afraid to wire it wrong and make a mess of everything.
I’ve tried to include the pictures but that also seems to be a problem. They are in my pictures but not as a file.
Will you help me with a diagram?
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Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Hopefully this does the trick for you.