Recent content by vdotmatrix

One last test is to remove a perfectly working bulb and put it on another fixture to make sure it isnt the bulbs. Funny to See Carrol on your avatar, he went to my school in Montana!

i found the relays. They come or go to 12 or 14 ga wire panel adjacent and then on to each light. I am going to open the relay box to see whats in there after i cut power. It is hot up there.

I will be able to reach this closest of lights to the door. I remember it is quite large up there and i didn't want ti crawl around up there but I will check it out tomorrow.

He is in a wonderful long term care facility. He is well cared for and his level of care is very expensive. A very nice pleasant caring place.

I am going up tomorrow. The one picture i drew on, i think I can see the studs in the ceiling.

Tommorow is another day.

Father in law is 95 and in a nursing home.

I just need to figure out how these are attached to the ceiling….the idea of crawl space and attic is wildly exciting….if it is possible to just switch out a capacitor without shocking myself it would be fun to try but i first have to see what is in that box or even see a model number…so far the...

Theattic……i thought i saw a crawl space maybe last year…..scary. It was 76 today. We built this in the late 80s i think…uggggg…i spent a few hours going up and down the ladder.

No relay box. At first they glowed kinda red then later two of the three stopped flickering but never quite reached full intensity with the one in back corner still faintly red. The other image is what full intensity looks like. These images are not color balanced so color not accurate.

I am going to go up to one light that had no bulb and nk reflector and see if I can take it apart to get a part number off the box/fixture jn the ceiling. I will also look for a relay box next to the panel..but everything looks like a regular circuit breaker box… more later if I don’t fall off...

Four wall switches, each switch controls four lights.

Low voltage bell wire goes to the ceiling, and that activates the high voltage to power the lights. How would you control the light with a low power wired switch as in the image? Like I said even if I bought some UFOs, there is a wiring issue.

Only 3 of the 12 lights are working….i bought new bulbs and I suspect the ballast(s) are shot. The light switches are low voltage/bell wire. New bulbs so far just flicker. UFO bulbs still need a regular power source controlled by the wall switch(s). Where am I headed? Replacing ballast within...

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