Can I fix a hanging light fixture without an electrician?
Reattaching a loose fixture is difficult because the inner screw threads do not just pop back in, leaving people struggling to wind it from the outside with zero knowledge of electrical maintenance. This leaves them unsure whether they have to contact an electrician or if they can fix it themselves so they can use the room as an office.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1letting an adult handle it
- 2Waiting for the landlord to contact someone
- 3Leaving the room unused and unlit
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“As you can see on the pictures when we flip the switch only a faint light comes out of certain leds.”source ↗
“i’d like to use this room as an office, so I was wandering if I would be able to fix this myself knowing I have zero knowledge about electric appliances maintenance, or do I have to contact an electrician.”source ↗
“There appears to be a screw thread of some kind on the inside. It doesn't just pop back in and I'm struggling to wind it in from the outside.”source ↗
Where this came up
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