CHI Good Questions: Rewiring a Chandelier?

Arlene says: "I recently bought a crystal chandelier on eBay. Well, the whole thing needs to be rewired. Can anyone suggest a place to take it and give me a rough estimate of how much this might cost?"

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A great local source for lighting projects of all types, including rewiring, is A Lamp & Fixture Shoppe at 3181 N. Elston (773.866.0220) and we have also read good things about Marshall Electric Supply at 7400 N. Western (773.764.8330).

Please help Arlene by adding your sources for rewiring and cost estimates to the comments...

Photo: Wire Chandelier from Atelier Abigail Ahern

Comments (10)

Is that a wheaten in the picture?

Not what you asked, but you'd be amazed how easy it is to rewire something, they sell kits. Are you afraid of breaking the crystal? That would be a legitimate issue with my clumsy self.

Hi,
I had a chandelier rewired (and converted from Euro-tricity) at Crest.

Haven't had anything as fancy as a chandelier rewired, but brought my grandmother's lamps and some mid-century, unmarked, but very cool fixtures to a lighting store in my neighborhood and they did a great job for mere pittance (less than $20 for the big fixture, about half that for the smaller sconces). You can DIY if you're handy--go to a good hardware store and get a kit-make sure the cord is long enough to hang the chandelier from your ceilings, especially if they're fairly high.

I would love to rewire a chandelier or two from Halogen (or regular incandescent) fixtures to LED.

And that's a gorgeous pic, BTW, the white wire-frame against the dark background reminds me of a blueprint.

And the Pup reminds me of Snowy from Tintin. 8^)

I had an excellent experience getting two lamps rewired at
Marshall Electric -- they were great! Originally they gave me an estimated turnaround time of three weeks, but both lamps were ready in less than one - at a cost of $35 for both (which included a deposit of $10). I would highly, highly recommend them.

Stunning chandelier - does anyone know where it is from?

I'm with btoddster re: wanting to rewire things to LED. I also have a great old chandelier that's in my garage because I keep meaning to learn how to rewire it myself. Anybody know where a person can learn how to do these 2 things? I've googled some sites, but I'd need to get a degree in electrical engineering before I could follow their directions.

judith -
There is a link to the chandelier pictured at the end of the post.

I work with a firm and we use New Metal Crafts (on Wells and shop is on Elston) for things like re-wiring, etc. I can't give you an estimate, but I know they will do a free estimate for you and then you can decide.