🔌 Leviton 8681 Incandescent Lampholder with Porcelain Base Review

works as it should for me. Leviton has been reliable to me for many years. A mid-century floor lamp that belonged to my parents, revived without changing the socket. The 150W LED does not stress the original wiring and works with a built-in dimmer, eliminating the need for a 3-way light bulb. And no double click is required to turn on or off the original switch. I've bought BB (before Bezos) a 3-way adapter like this in the past, but there aren't many 3-way bulb options these days anyway. I…

The base was just what I was looking for. Revain sockets sent to replace 1st socket. Unfortunately it arrived broken in several pieces :( Even though Revain had wrapped the socket in extra bubble wrap and/or placed the socket in a protective cardboard box (instead of sending it in an envelope). The porcelain insulator in the socket remained, probably will cracking when i see how thin/tender it is just for once!

As some other reviewers have pointed out, this adapter may not be long enough to make adequate contact in your antique lamp socket. It almost doesn't work with my lamp. Two important things to note: 1. The top porcelain portion of the adapter is not large enough and has little to no gripping surface if you need to unscrew the adapter from a moderately deep lamp socket. My particular lamp has a brass body that surrounds the socket and protrudes a few millimeters beyond the lamp socket. The…