Posted: 5/2/2006 9:07:24 PM EDT
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ok. thread number two on my "operation bathroom surprise" a.k.a. remodeling my moms bathroom as a surprise while she is gone on vacation. i bought a light fixture. the circular mounting bracket doesnt line up perfect with the electric box in the sheetrock. i got it to work kind of half assed- its pretty sturdy. the other problem though.... is this light fixture doesnt have enough clearance to clear the cabinets / mirrors. it is designed to "swoop" downward. well... it looks pretty damn nice swooping upward... and thats how i mounted it. and it then gives plenty of clearance and the bulbs / glass bulb shrowds point upwards. it looks good. but the thing has an arrow on it pointing upward, which i just went against. as a typical guy, i say... "it couldnt make that big of a difference to mount it upwards instead of downwards" but i dont want to burn my mothers house down... what do you all say ??? |
Nah. It should be OK. Electrons are not direction-sensitive.
LMAO  the only thing i can thing of why they say not to mount it this way, is then it "could" put the light bulbs too close to the cieling which could torch the cieling but this leaves plenty of room due to the placement of the mount. |
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The light should have come with a strap to put on the two screws of the box. You then attach the light to the strap--that's the newfangled way to do things. Dunno about the upside-down thing--I can't have you blaming me for mom's house burning down.  Oh, one suggestion--most items I've bought have a toll-free customer service number on the box, or the instructions, for just such an occasion. I'd call them and ask the tech folks.  Edit:
The ground wire (usually bare or green) from the light gets connected to the ground from the circuit wire and the wire from the box with a wire nut. This is especially important in a bathroom, for obvious reasons, although it is necessary everywhere. The various ground wires protect you from the unpleasantness of being electrocuted. |
I think he means unstripped vs stripped. Leaving it unstripped will make it less likely for part of the grounding wire to contact another 'hot' wire if you ever have to move things around. |
Thats entirely true. Depending on what wire he's using (3 conductor, 2 conductor with ground, etc) his ground wire may or not be bare, even under the sheathing. If its bare, its no big deal. If its insulated, he'll have to strip some out. |