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I have used the springs from Lowes and they do work but you should be aware that they are made of zinc which means they will corrode much faster than the stainless steel coils LL uses. The problem with the LL coils is that the diameter of the coil wire is too thin. Not the coil diameter but the wire diameter. Amazon has many stainless steel springs. One I use that has good dimensions is pictured here. A package of ten sells for about $14.50. You want the extension springs that you have to stretch out as opposed to the compression springs that are already stretched but aren't long enough. Note the part description on the two lines as this is what you search for. Here's a picture of them:
I replaced the coil following your instructions. I bought the same sized one on ebay from your picture my lamp is 41cm lava world i think. I also bought a dimmer. After surgery lamp works really well but still a bit murky which it was from start.
I used a century spring corp utility extension spring 5/16 x 3 x .028. I stretched it out and squashed the 2 ends together.
Karla Bortolin said:I replaced the coil following your instructions. I bought the same sized one on ebay from your picture my lamp is 41cm lava world i think. I also bought a dimmer. After surgery lamp works really well but still a bit murky which it was from start.
I used those springs from Lowe's (pictured above) on all of my goo-kitted lamps and now they're rusting! :( Is anyone else having that probelm??? Wah!
it's not stainless most likely, so you can either replace it again (and continue to do so as they rust) or try to find something stainless to use instead
Pretzel Gal said:
I used those springs from Lowe's (pictured above) on all of my goo-kitted lamps and now they're rusting! :( Is anyone else having that probelm??? Wah!
Thanks Gwen! I had no idea that the coils I bought weren't stainless steel! Argh! I didn't see Goo Geek's post above (must have been tired!). I'd say the Lowe's coils held out for about a year before I noticed the problem. :( I believe the rust is now messing with the flow though, which I'm rather unhappy about. I'm definitely going to have to redo them.
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