Turn the power off before working with the fixture. If unsure what to do when working with electricity, it is best to hire a licensed electrician so that you do not burn your house down or injure yourself. All fluorescent light bulbs contain hazardous substances like mercury and phosphorous an...
Inside the fluorescent fixture, a cover plate protects a special transformer, called aballast, which has preattached wires for hooking up to your electrical supply. The ballast passes 120‑volt household current to the fixture's sockets, to which the tubes are connected. The sockets transfer po...
Step 1: Turn off power to the fixture Step 2: Remove old T12/T8 fluorescent lamps Step 3: Remove ballast cover Step 4: Clip wires and remove fluorescent light ballast Step 5: Install new Net Zero USA LED driver and connector board Step 6: Install new LED lighting strips and connect to...
However, this could be a detriment to the fluorescent fixture’s life. Fluorescent lights do work well with motion sensors and dimmers. Plus, when you switch off/on these sensors, it actually decreases the light’s lifespan. So, you might want technology that enables frequent off/on switchin...
Fluorescent Light Fixture – $10 Happ Controls Plexiglas – $8 Local Hardware Store Finally I bought two pieces of clear Plexiglas cut to fit from my local hardware store, sandwiched the Marquee in between the two pieces, and installed the light fixture behind it. The lightning bolts coming ou...
You’ll also want to obtain a lighting fixture. If you have one of those desk lamps, it’ll work fine. If you don’t have a light fixture that you can use, I’d suggest getting a clamp-on work light. Miscellaneous tools Last, you’ll want to make sure you have a few standard ...
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There are several other ways to wire three-way switches to a light. For example, the power from the fuse box could come in at the light fixture and there could be two switches in series running from there. Or power can enter at the fixture and then two switches can be arranged in par...
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Diffusers are helpful because the high-output LEDs tend to produce a beam or narrow cone of light which we might want to deflect in many directions. The white LED bulb is a special case: The white light produced by a white LED is fluorescent light, at least in part. Typically, bright...