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new lights
Jan. 5th, 2020 10:59 pmI put some new lights in the basement workshop. I'd wanted to get rid of the fluorescent tubes. Last year I replaced the one over my workbench with an LED strip, but it used a pull-chain to turn on. I wanted to replace the other fixture with LED, and wire them into the wall switch.
I started at noon, and got done a little before 6:00. Not bad. It was kind of a pain, since I didn't really know what I was doing. I had to figure out where to put them, how to hang them and how to wire them. I'd never done any wiring before, besides replacing switches. I was happily relieved when I turned the breaker back on, and they worked.
I ran Romex. There used to be only one fixture going from the box, but now I wanted three. I only had room for two, so I wired the third fixture from the second one.
I was disappointed because they're dimmer than I expected. They're not as bright as the one LED strip I replaced. I had to replace it, because that fixture had no way to hardwire it to the wall switch (it was only powered by an extension cord, and turned on by the pull-chain). So instead of just two, I'm going to double them in two pairs, and find a brighter replacement for the one over the workbench.
The fixtures have plugs on the end for special extension cords, but those cords are only 14 inches long (they're made to go end-to-end, but I don't have any room in that direction). So I won't have to do more wiring; I'll just put them side-by-side, a foot apart.
I started at noon, and got done a little before 6:00. Not bad. It was kind of a pain, since I didn't really know what I was doing. I had to figure out where to put them, how to hang them and how to wire them. I'd never done any wiring before, besides replacing switches. I was happily relieved when I turned the breaker back on, and they worked.
I ran Romex. There used to be only one fixture going from the box, but now I wanted three. I only had room for two, so I wired the third fixture from the second one.
I was disappointed because they're dimmer than I expected. They're not as bright as the one LED strip I replaced. I had to replace it, because that fixture had no way to hardwire it to the wall switch (it was only powered by an extension cord, and turned on by the pull-chain). So instead of just two, I'm going to double them in two pairs, and find a brighter replacement for the one over the workbench.
The fixtures have plugs on the end for special extension cords, but those cords are only 14 inches long (they're made to go end-to-end, but I don't have any room in that direction). So I won't have to do more wiring; I'll just put them side-by-side, a foot apart.
