Chains for lamps, where from please?

burnt toast · 24-03-2013, 09:42 PM

I have always used clamps on my lamps but would like a couple of chains. Anyone know where to get them from please & what do you attach them with, please?

alley cat · 24-03-2013, 09:55 PM

Do you just mean normal chain that you buy off a roll? if so they sell that in The Range

(they also had hanging basket chains)

Easter Bunny · 24-03-2013, 09:58 PM

I used a chain dog collar and hung it off a hook xx

burnt toast · 24-03-2013, 10:52 PM

I seem to remember when I had a ceramic holder, as well as the clamp fitting (similar to jubilee clip) there was a little triangular metal bit that you could fit through holes on reflector to attach chain to.

Dont think im explaining myself very well. I have a couple of new tables one has a wooden adjustable arm with hook to hang lamp from but rather than hang the weight of the lamps & reflectors from the electrical flex I think a chain would help support the weight & be safer. Have seen them on ppl's set ups.

Dexieii · 25-03-2013, 07:12 AM

I buy mine cheaply at B&Q, it's on a roll and you just cut off what you need, lots of choice of chains also.

burnt toast · 25-03-2013, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dexieii

I buy mine cheaply at B&Q, it's on a roll and you just cut off what you need, lots of choice of chains also.

Thanks Alison & Eileen, but how do you attach your chaine to the lamps please?

alley cat · 25-03-2013, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by burnt toast

Thanks Alison & Eileen, but how do you attach your chaine to the lamps please?

Sorry, I dont use chains really, well I have one lamp that hangs on a chain but it has a hole for that at the top so no problem, the chain just feeds through and it has a cliphook that can be hooked back into the chain at any height.

Ozric Jonathan · 25-03-2013, 01:45 PM

Some lamp holders have an eye for attaching a chain to suspend the lamp and some don't. If the lampholder has an eye you can use a hook to go through it that can attach to a chain at the other end of it. (not usre if that makes sense)

Catwoman63 · 25-03-2013, 03:19 PM

pictures of what you mean please :0 )

TillyTortoise · 25-03-2013, 03:31 PM

Can you post a picture of one of your lamps Lynn? I have a few different holds and they are all different.

Some are like this -

Others like this -

24-03-2013, 09:42 PM	#1
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,246	Chains for lamps, where from please? I have always used clamps on my lamps but would like a couple of chains. Anyone know where to get them from please & what do you attach them with, please?

24-03-2013, 09:55 PM	#2
alley cat Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,150	Do you just mean normal chain that you buy off a roll? if so they sell that in The Range (they also had hanging basket chains) Last edited by alley cat; 24-03-2013 at 10:00 PM.

24-03-2013, 09:58 PM	#3
Easter Bunny Senior Member Adult Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Kent Posts: 5,337	I used a chain dog collar and hung it off a hook xx __________________ Lynne x

25-03-2013, 07:12 AM	#5
Dexieii Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SE Kent Posts: 76	I buy mine cheaply at B&Q, it's on a roll and you just cut off what you need, lots of choice of chains also. __________________ 1.0.0 TGG 2.7.2 THB www.cinqueportsrescue.co.uk

25-03-2013, 01:45 PM	#8
Ozric Jonathan Senior Member Adult Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West of Scotland Posts: 4,226	Some lamp holders have an eye for attaching a chain to suspend the lamp and some don't. If the lampholder has an eye you can use a hook to go through it that can attach to a chain at the other end of it. (not usre if that makes sense) __________________ Testudo Hermanni Hermanni (Corse) tortoises

24-03-2013, 10:52 PM	#4
burnt toast Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,246	I seem to remember when I had a ceramic holder, as well as the clamp fitting (similar to jubilee clip) there was a little triangular metal bit that you could fit through holes on reflector to attach chain to. Dont think im explaining myself very well. I have a couple of new tables one has a wooden adjustable arm with hook to hang lamp from but rather than hang the weight of the lamps & reflectors from the electrical flex I think a chain would help support the weight & be safer. Have seen them on ppl's set ups.

25-03-2013, 03:19 PM	#9
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	pictures of what you mean please :0 ) __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

25-03-2013, 03:31 PM	#10
TillyTortoise Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales Posts: 2,327	Can you post a picture of one of your lamps Lynn? I have a few different holds and they are all different. Some are like this - Others like this - __________________ Ross

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