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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:44:20 AM EDT
[#1]
What do you mean crooked?
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:44:30 AM EDT
[#2]
I see it and it would bother me a lot. Take a little more off to get them straight.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:44:30 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted: I’d be more pissed I bought a table with no leg room. But it does look study enough to get frisky with a date on. But then the lights would be too low and blind her  Quoted: Where do you put your feet since there is a shelf under the table? Somebody got a visit from the good idea fairy when they came up with that design. There actually is leg room under the table. It just looks like there isn't. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:44:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, they came out of the box with the wires bundled up. I'm not sure if it'll straighten out on its own or what. They will straighten out some over time, mine were the same way when new. My pendant has 8 globes, I staggered them at different heights and it looks much better than having them all the same. On yours I would raise the middle one so it doesn't get in the way when you reach over the table - less glare in your face too. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:45:05 AM EDT
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I'd be raise those lights up at least a few more inches so the surface of the table is evenly lit. You're getting shadows because they're too low.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:46:41 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 1/4"  I wouldnt even be able to notice that |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:47:34 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Honestly the pendents look to low to me and the photo makes the drop wires look kinked, which is far more annoying than the 1/4" I can not see. The wires ARE a bit kinked,which is how they came out of the box. I hung the lamps that way because I was going for an "intimate restaurant" look. You would have to be like 6' 8" for them to be in your way when you're sitting there though. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:49:20 AM EDT
[#8]
Did your husband notice the 1/4" ?
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:49:26 AM EDT
[#9]
I'd be super annoyed they're so low.
What kind of simpleton doesnt have offset lights in the first place? The 4 over my kitchen table are offset so you don't get weird shadows. Probably about 1.5 inches each intentionally. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:50:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The way I did it, I set the fixture on the table with the lamps on the floor. I then shortened each cable so that they were the same length. Somehow, the rearmost lamp is hanging 1/4" too low. It's an easy fix, it just means that I'll have to dismount the entire fixture to deal with it. Thirty minutes worth of work. This whole thread is just my personal penance so that next time, I'll actually break out a tape measure instead of trying to half-ass it. I do this for living. Sometimes you got to take a couple swings with these things. It also gives you an appreciation of how stupid some of these light designers are. The lights may look good, but there is rarely any thought put into how to hang them. Bill Clinton: "I feel your pain" |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:51:17 AM EDT
[#11]
I'd raise those lamps at least a couple of feet higher. Leave some slack in the box rather than cutting the wires again, as there probably is a decent amount of volume in the box for such scrawny gauge lamp wire.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:51:27 AM EDT
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Quoted: I bought a dining room set a couple weeks before Thanksgiving. It finally came in and was delivered on Saturday. When I bought the house, it had a cheesy $60 Home Depot ceiling fan/light fixture in the dining area. Back in July, I bought a three-lamp pendant fixture, but I never hung it because I wanted to get the table in first, so I could make sure the table was oriented the way I wanted it, and have the pendants match the table. The pendants came with six or seven feet of cable, which is far too long. It's easy as pie to shorten them, though, so I did. Got the cables the right length, wired the fixture, hung it from the ceiling, stepped back, FUUUUUU ! The lamps are a full quarter inch crooked. How much would that piss you off? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/103046/20210131_132435_jpg-1806104.JPG
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:53:59 AM EDT
[#13]
I don't get ticked off that easily so that wouldn't bother me that much. Life's too short to get bent out of shape over the small stuff.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:54:11 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd raise those lamps at least a couple of feet higher. Leave some slack in the box rather than cutting the wires again, as there probably is a decent amount of volume in the box for such scrawny gauge lamp wire. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:54:22 AM EDT
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Quoted: Ahhh. Comprende'. I do this for living. Sometimes you got to take a couple swings with these things. It also gives you an appreciation of how stupid some of these light designers are. The lights may look good, but there is rarely any thought put into how to hang them. Bill Clinton: "I feel your pain" I've dealt with worse. Quoted: I'd raise those lamps at least a couple of feet higher. Leave some slack in the box rather than cutting the wires again, as there probably is a decent amount of volume in the box for such scrawny gauge lamp wire. There's no cutting - it's all pre-wired. Just bundle the slack up inside the housing. I'm thinking wait for a while and see if the wires pull themselves straight, which will probably make them a little crooked again, and then even them out. Maybe this summer. I dunno though, the lamps don't have a whole lot of weight to them. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:54:49 AM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The wires ARE a bit kinked,which is how they came out of the box. I hung the lamps that way because I was going for an "intimate restaurant" look. You would have to be like 6' 8" for them to be in your way when you're sitting there though. Negative, I ain't no tall dude, but those things are hanging half way down from the ceiling. Looks retarded as hell to me, but hey you do you. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:56:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The way I did it, I set the fixture on the table with the lamps on the floor. I then shortened each cable so that they were the same length. Somehow, the rearmost lamp is hanging 1/4" too low. It's an easy fix, it just means that I'll have to dismount the entire fixture to deal with it. Thirty minutes worth of work. This whole thread is just my personal penance so that next time, I'll actually break out a tape measure instead of trying to half-ass it. Yes them being off in height would bother me....sounds like you know what you have to do though. My guess is you'll shorten the long one too much, then have to go shorten the other 2 to match....this will go on and on until they are eventually at ceiling height and the problem will be fixed
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:57:03 AM EDT
[#18]
I am not sure why you would buy a table you can not slide up to.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:57:30 AM EDT
[#19]
Lamps are equal length. It’s the ceiling that’s off a quarter
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:57:41 AM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yes them being off in height would bother me....sounds like you know what you have to do though. My guess is you'll shorten the long one too much, then have to go shorten the other 2 to match....this will go on and on until they are eventually at ceiling height and the problem will be fixed Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The way I did it, I set the fixture on the table with the lamps on the floor. I then shortened each cable so that they were the same length. Somehow, the rearmost lamp is hanging 1/4" too low. It's an easy fix, it just means that I'll have to dismount the entire fixture to deal with it. Thirty minutes worth of work. This whole thread is just my personal penance so that next time, I'll actually break out a tape measure instead of trying to half-ass it. Yes them being off in height would bother me....sounds like you know what you have to do though. My guess is you'll shorten the long one too much, then have to go shorten the other 2 to match....this will go on and on until they are eventually at ceiling height and the problem will be fixed So you've SEEN me do my home improvement projects before then? Do I know you?
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Posted: 2/1/2021 11:58:22 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am not sure why you would buy a table you can not slide up to. Well, I didn't, and you can. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:00:20 PM EDT
[#22]
I'd probably spend $40k and just remodel the entire kitchen and dining area.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:02:11 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd probably spend $40k and just remodel the entire kitchen and dining area. Dang, there goes this site; costing me money again. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:04:36 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those lights are too low. Raise them up OP and you wont notice the 1/4 inch. Yeah, I'd raise them about half the length that they are in the picture. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:05:52 PM EDT
[#25]
Oh crap... Did I just see it?
Is the back lamp 1/4" too low? Hell yes I would fix that RFN! And I'm serious. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:08:36 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, I'd raise them about half the length that they are in the picture. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Those lights are too low. Raise them up OP and you wont notice the 1/4 inch. Yeah, I'd raise them about half the length that they are in the picture. We'll see. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:09:42 PM EDT
[#27]
I'd go fucking postal if my lights were a 1/4" off.
seriously. That is Jack Nicholson chopping through a door with an axe level anger. Or perhaps you might be better off checking to see if you can get a script for the medical weed. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:13:42 PM EDT
[#28]
If you have just installed them, and the drops ARE kinked (as it appears in the photo), then let them hang a bit TURNED ON before you do ANYTHING....
Gravity as well as the heat of the current flowing will soften and relax the cordage a bit, and you may end up with vastly different heights after a day or two. Your "low" light may end up being your highest of the three, etc. Wait for that then correct as needed? Plus, I'm guessing some of the cordage can be pulled up into the bevel plate up top, eliminating the need to cut/splice anything. But, yep, I'd fix it in the end. My eyes would be drawn to it every time I walked into the room. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:14:35 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude. They don't make silver electrical tape. I checked. you new at this? wrap in electrical and wrap with duck. duh |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:15:49 PM EDT
[#30]
Looks within tolerance to me. Let it go or spend hours trying to "fix it".
Perfect is the enemy of good enough. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:20:01 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shorten two of the table legs by 1/4". Wisdom like this is why I come here. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:24:50 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd go fucking postal if my lights were a 1/4" off. seriously. That is Jack Nicholson chopping through a door with an axe level anger. Or perhaps you might be better off checking to see if you can get a script for the medical weed. Ha. I wish. You can't GET medicinal weed here. I mean, you can get stopped with up to an oz and just get NTA'd, so it amounts to the same thing, I guess. I mean... that's what I've heard. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:25:45 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have just installed them, and the drops ARE kinked (as it appears in the photo), then let them hang a bit TURNED ON before you do ANYTHING.... Gravity as well as the heat of the current flowing will soften and relax the cordage a bit, and you may end up with vastly different heights after a day or two. Your "low" light may end up being your highest of the three, etc. Wait for that then correct as needed? Plus, I'm guessing some of the cordage can be pulled up into the bevel plate up top, eliminating the need to cut/splice anything. But, yep, I'd fix it in the end. My eyes would be drawn to it every time I walked into the room. Finally, some words of wisdom in this dumpster fire of a thread. I feel like Rogueboss must feel most of the time. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:26:35 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those lights are too low. Raise them up OP and you wont notice the 1/4 inch. This |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:32:17 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those lights are too low. Raise them up OP and you wont notice the 1/4 inch. This. I can't see the offset from the picture, but the proximity of the lights to the table make my head hurt. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:32:55 PM EDT
[#36]
Fix it, or be driven mad.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:34:15 PM EDT
[#37]
I would be more worried about that crooked door in the corner.... doesn't look like it's hung correctly as there is a gap at the top
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:34:15 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This. I can't see the offset from the picture, but the proximity of the lights to the table make my head hurt. They're really not that low, I swear. They just look like it in the photo. Remember, it's a counter-height table, so it might be throwing your perspective off a bit. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:37:21 PM EDT
[#39]
If they're anything like other hanging pendants I've worked with in the past, you're better off lowered the other two lights 1/4" by gently pulling on them. You shouldn't have to remove the fixture to do that.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:39:04 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shorten two of the table legs by 1/4". Came to post this. Might as well do a couple chairs too. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:40:04 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Those lights are too low. Raise them up OP and you wont notice the 1/4 inch. This. I think I could live with the quarter inch issue...its all about whether the solution is worth the effort or not. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:40:07 PM EDT
[#42]
Not as much as that shitty looking warped door!
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:41:11 PM EDT
[#43]
Offset them on purpose, it will look better that way. Far left, 1 foot higher than center, split the difference on the far right.
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:41:38 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Came to post this. Might as well do a couple chairs too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Shorten two of the table legs by 1/4". Came to post this. Might as well do a couple chairs too. 
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:45:20 PM EDT
[#45]
So instead of just fixing it, you started a thread that you have to babysit. Excellent use of your time
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:48:47 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude. They don't make silver electrical tape. I checked. It will be listed as "duct tape". |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:48:51 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: So instead of just fixing it, you started a thread that you have to babysit. Excellent use of your time I think I'm gonna do what HellBent said. Let them hang for a while, keep the lamps lit while they hang, and see if the suspension cables straighten out any. Then I'll probably raise the center lamp up six inches or so. Maybe not, maybe I'll keep them straight. I like the way they look in a straight line better than staggered, but staggered is more "modern" and artsy-fartsy. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:49:34 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It will be listed as "duct tape". Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Dude. They don't make silver electrical tape. I checked. It will be listed as "duct tape". Ha! You can't fool me! Guy above said it's called "duck tape!"
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:50:09 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted:or the eyes of any potential dates I might have. When you’re paying hourly, they don’t care about lights in face. |
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Posted: 2/1/2021 12:51:27 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When you’re paying hourly, they don’t care about lights in face. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:or the eyes of any potential dates I might have. When you’re paying hourly, they don’t care about lights in face. Hourly? I pay by the minute. It's much cheaper. In minecraft. |
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