I'd love to put one in there. Just have to get one donated.
I'd love to put one in there. Just have to get one donated.
I've got a lighting question.
We've got a large open room that currently has some light fixtures from the 1960s. We want to go brighter, but want to do something nicer than a standard T8 style light. Anyone have any experience with lights comparable in brightness to a T8 but look better? This is what we've currently got:
We've got standard incandescent 100 watt bulbs, 2 bulbs per fixture. We've got white frosted coverings on the lights now, and we're thinking about going to something with a clear dome. The other option was to go with a tube fluorescent light, but those look too industrial for the style we're going for.
I didn't, all I have is a non-contact voltage detector, but even that was not really registering anything with the breaker on. That's why I thought the problem was more upstream, so I redid the 4-wire splices twice, once with the old wiring (thinking the old splice was bad) and once with brand new wiring (thinking the old wiring was bad). The splices are working, as evidenced by wires 2 and 3 working well, so I'm pretty sure the problem isn't with the wiring or the splices (or the two fixtures). In theory, what would cause the voltage to be that low on one of the three wires being fed by the source?
Throughout my Home Improvement DIY career, finding studs have been a real pain in the ass. I started out with the bang on the wall method and listening to find studs, or tried hitting a small finish nail trying to find them. I've had a few cheap studfinders over the years, and nothing seemed to work to my satisfaction. After reading countless reviews, I ordered the Franklin Sensor studfinder this morning. Its one of the highest rated studfinders out there, so hopefully my woes are over.
As long as you get the correct sized door for the opening and are pretty good at measuring to center, it shouldnt be a problem at all.For someone who isn't all that handy, how difficult is it to install a screen door?
sbt, you replaced the wire going to the lamp post? is it buried UF cable? thhn pulled through pvc?
A few months back, the light at the end of our driveway went out. It's nothing fancy, just something like this mounted on a post inside a homemade wooden case with frosted plexiglass. Naturally I thought it was just the bulb that burned out, so I tried three bulbs (of varying wattage -- 20W CFL, 60W incandescent, 200W incandescent) and still no light. The 200W bulb has clear glass and I can see the filament glowing ever so slightly, so I know it's getting juice. I tried wiring in a new fixture (similar to the one above) and it's the same problem. The new fixture says max wattage is 150W, and the old one I think says 120W, FWIW.
I ripped up the wire leading to the street post and found a couple splices, and about 20 feet from the post there is a mushroom light at the bottom of our stairs, under which four wires were spliced together. Wire 1 is the power source, wire 2 feeds the mushroom light, wire 3 feeds another landscaping light (i think), and wire 4 feeds the street post. Wire 2 and 3 are connected just fine, as the lights are shining bright. I replaced all the wiring on wire 4 and it still is giving me the same problem on both fixtures.
It seems like it's a very basic problem that I can't figure out. Is it as simple as having the wrong bulb? Why wouldn't the three bulbs I've tried work? Or is there something else going on?
Did you check the voltage at the end of the wire going into the light that isn't working?
I didn't, all I have is a non-contact voltage detector, but even that was not really registering anything with the breaker on. That's why I thought the problem was more upstream, so I redid the 4-wire splices twice, once with the old wiring (thinking the old splice was bad) and once with brand new wiring (thinking the old wiring was bad). The splices are working, as evidenced by wires 2 and 3 working well, so I'm pretty sure the problem isn't with the wiring or the splices (or the two fixtures). In theory, what would cause the voltage to be that low on one of the three wires being fed by the source?
sbt, you replaced the wire going to the lamp post? is it buried UF cable? thhn pulled through pvc?
Yes and yes, but I took the light fixture off and before stringing/burying the wire again, just tested it in the middle of the driveway to get the same results. Buried solid 10ga ( I think) copper. Its all ripped up now, when I get it working I'll put the fixture back on the post and restring the wire through the piping