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bmeyette(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: update on hangar lighting

My electrician had suggested I'd get the most light for the cost by using an

outside yard light for my hangar shop lighting.  I tried one, and it worked

great, so I documented the steps I used to do it and created a web page for

it.  See here:



http://brian76.mystarband.net/HangarLights.htm



If you want inexpensive lighting, this is your best bet, from all I've seen



brian



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Dale Ensing

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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Location: Aero Plantation Weddington NC

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: update on hangar lighting

Brien,

Thanks for the info on the hangar lighting.

Would it work to mount the area light, using the vertical surface mounting 

arm, on the side of the horizontal member of the wood truss in my hangar? It 

appears that the globe of the light would still be below the bottom level of 

the truss.

Dale Ensing



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bmeyette(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: update on hangar lighting

Yes, it would work.  

And you'd save all that modification work  

My trusses aren't open, so I didn't have that option.

brian

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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: update on hangar lighting

You can also avoid all the internal wiring mods by either cannibalizing 

the plug in photocell or buying a twist lock plug & hotwiring across the 

switched pins. Then all you need to do is hook up black, white & ground.



One thing you might want to research is UV emission from 'yard lights' 

if you plan to spend a lot of time under the lights.



You might also want to preserve your options with the diffuser. 

Sometimes, removing the diffuser will get you a nice bright spot under 

the light & the rest of the area will still be 'dark'.



Charlie



Brian Meyette wrote:

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 Yes, it would work.  

 And you'd save all that modification work  

 My trusses aren't open, so I didn't have that option.

 brian

 

 

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d-burton(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: update on hangar lighting

You might also want to preserve your options with the diffuser. 

Sometimes, removing the diffuser will get you a nice bright spot under 

the light & the rest of the area will still be 'dark'.



Charlie



And it's good to realize that what only looks like a diffuser can also be an

explosion proof housing to contain the screaming hot quartz pieces that are

ejected when the bulb dynamites...



Thanks for taking time to documenting this for us.



DaveB

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