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Following Up Home Moanership XVII

Updated: Dec 16, 2024

2024-12-04

In that post, I discussed creating a light where none existed. I was very satisfied with the results... for a while. On further reflection, I decided I could do better.

There are three overhead lights in the basement, plus two ceiling fans with lights (three each) in the Owner's Suite. I've added strings of LEDs as under-the-counter or indirect lights. The three overheads use the simple ceramic lampholder like the one I added.


I purchased replacement lampholders, the ones with a pull-chain and a three-prong outlet. My intention is to replace all three of the overhead lampholders with these new ones. All three have the two-prong screw-in sockets, which cause the bulbs to be extended lower.



I'll also be making several auxiliary lamps like the one shown above. To facilitate this, I've assembled supplies as shown.



Shown above are:

  1. four pull-chain lamp holders

  2. one standard lamp holder

  3. four round electrical box bases with plugs

  4. three power cords,

  5. two six-foot cords

  6. one nine-foot cord

  7. four cable glands

  8. two mounting kits (not strictly necessary)

  9. a 1500 piece kit of electrical connectors

  10. Tools

One of the units has been assembled and tested:




















Another set of parts will use the nine-foot cord and a pull-chain lamp holder and test the efficacy of the mounting kit. The issue the kit is supposed to deal with is that the bases come with two screws that are too short to be used with the thicker ceramic of the pull-chain lamp holders. All of the lamps come with a more slender machine screw, which the mounting kits are designed to use. The short fat machine screws will mount the plate to the base; the long skinny machine screws will mount the lamp to the plate.

The other method of dealing with the disparity of machine screw sizes is to stick a sliver or a toothpick in the hole before using a slender screw. That's what holds the lamp to the base in the working model shown above.

The best solution would be to find a manufacturer that makes more slender lamps, so the fat machine screws would suffice.


 






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