SHould I return these?

I have 10 "shop lights" and still have the boxes for them. It turns out I will have to install a suspended ceilign in my garage. Should I/ Can I exchange these for the ones that fit flush and are designed for suspended ceilings?

Consider maintenance in the future. Fixtures hung from short chains would be easier to maintain than flush mounted ones; particularly so should you have to replace a ballast, switch or etc. If yur suspended ceiling is standard height, why not just hang the shop lights 8" or so from the ceiling? I did that in my shop. Each set of 2 fixtures is equipped with a pull-chain switch.

Bob Swinney

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How do I hang these and make them look ok with a suspended ceiling?

IMHO the only rule regarding light fixture selection: in a unheated garage in the winter, if you buy anything that doesn't have a ballast rated for low-temperature operation you're a fool.

Tim.

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pull-chain switch.

How do I hang these and make them look ok with a suspended ceiling?

How the ### would we know the policies of a store that's not even named?

I have a tool, will it do the job?

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switch or etc. If

or so from the

pull-chain switch.

The fixtures over my lathes are hung on chains just high enough to clear my hair but with the option to lower them by 18". They are fed by cord sets plugged into a duplex receptacle fed by one of the two lighting circuits. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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with a pull-chain switch.

These were purchased at Lowes and plug into ceiling outlets and hang by chains. They are electronic ballasts good for cold temperatures.

Have to? Why would you want a suspended ceiling in a garage?

Thank You, Randy

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Mine are the same or very similar. They are Home Depot's "el cheapos". They are hard-wired to a stub of Romex coming down through the dry-wall ceiling. They are in sets of 2 fixtures (4 bulbs) over each machine and over my desk. Each set of 2 has a pull-chain switch. When it became necessary to replace 1 of the switches - jerked out by getting caught in the folding garage door - I didn't take the fixture down to replace the switch. I just glued a new switch on the outside and wire-nutted it in.

easier to maintain

ballast, switch or etc. If

pull-chain switch.

These were purchased at Lowes and plug into ceiling outlets and hang by chains. They are electronic ballasts good for cold temperatures.