Disassembling a POLA 971 Yard Light

[POLO_Train]

I was trying to repair a broken POLA yard light and I saw that one of the wires was broke/cut.
Now I was hoping to dissamble the whole light so that I can run new wire through it.

I cannot get the tube disconnected from the lamp shad with the bulb socket in it.

Has anyone dissemble one of these lights?
Any ideas?

 

[stevedenver]

I have tried.
Ive no solution for you.
They are glued styrene, and, even when new the plastic is delicate, and becomes brittle.
I have nothing, other than, if you’re willing to risk it, perhaps acetone to soften the glued seam? It may well melt/destroy the plastic…dunno.

Id take a segment of bare wire and very lightly solder the break, staggered, or cut and run replacement wire…same thin gauge. Yes you may have a non-fitting bulge.

I know there is very thin wire, coated with super thin material, like a flexible ‘shellac’, not the typical plastic tubing. It is often used for leds, i think its also used in coil winding. Its so thin, im fairly certain that it would fit in the lamps wire slot

Sometimes, the white ‘globe’ can be pulled free from the shade. More often not.

Perhaps another option would be to find the short wall version pola lamps, a pair, much shorter arms, and re-fit? Wont look the same. Or, the green metal bridgemaster version with 90 degree arm..again not the same, but might be an option, or not.

Fiddly. Good luck.

 

[POLO_Train]

After week of travel I was able to fiddle with it a bit more.
I have another POLA yard light with broken masts, so that makes two total to try to repair.

I wasted too much time trying to score and cut out the wires, while avoiding how to get to the bulb fixture.
I brought out my other broken yard light to see if I could remember how these come apart.
I tried to pull and move it around the other yard light, and then I remembered from an old model, the plastic light shade surrounding to bulb is lightly glued the reflector and mast. I added some 250F heat from the heat gun, and then I gently worked to break the shade bond with the reflector for both kits. They are old kits, so it worked surprisingly well with a bit of force, but not too much to damage any pieces.
I cleaned up some of the left over glue so that the reflectors could slide off the grey mast ends exposing the brass bubble fixture.

Now they are dissembled and ready for clean up and rewire.

FYI if anyone else is trying say save an old POLA wall light or yard light: