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Switching Light Bulb Fixture to Flourescent
I have two of these in the ceiling of a 3-car garage:
It is insufficient lighting to do anything.
I want to replace them with a set of tandem flourescent fixtures like these.
So I'm not an electrician, but I am kinda handy. Always a little scared with wiring and stuff.
Should it be a pretty straight-forward wire-up? Black... white... green...
Last edited by rbeau30; 02-12-2014 at 16:10.
Yeah, about as basic as it gets: White to white, black to black, green to ground. Time for a beer.
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I wrote you up a step by step but my phone won't post it. More or less what Tfog said.
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make sure you are using a metal ladder and fairly dry shoes
Buy the "quick start" fixtures. You will be much happier in colder weather.
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Under normal wiring, just keep the switch off and you'll have no power in light box. Buy yourself a circuit tester (hot stick). Well worth the $10.
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This would get you to the beer faster.
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Why would I wait till after the work was done to get into the beer? :-DMeeeeeh?
This would get you to the beer faster.
I thought about that, I was hoping to do a flush mount over the boxes that the outlets are on to make for a better look.
I would do that, but I have many in the house that would come out to the garage to ask, "Daddy? What are you doing?" and automatically flip the switch.
Last edited by rbeau30; 02-12-2014 at 19:07.
Probably, depends on how old the house is, if there is a ground there it will probably be bare, white to white, black (maybe red) to the fixture black.Put some 4 or 5K tubes in there and you'll have tons of light. Run the fixtures for an 2-3 hours on first fire up, that's good for the tubes.
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