Rebuilding a Pendant Light - Part Two

[Max]

OK on to the final steps. Remember that I mentioned that the lamp was in two parts - the emitter and the power supply? The power supply in the box also needs to be replaced with one that is compatible with the bulb you chose. The next pic shows the new power supply that is already installed.



And here it is with everything put back together. The leftmost bulb is the new one, and you can see that its color and brightness matches the only original one left, which is the rightmost one. However, given how the first lamp died about nine months ago (the middle one), I figure that I'll be replacing the left one sooner than I would like. Fortunately, when I figured all of this out, I bought enough parts for all three of the lights.

 

[Bert_]

I worked on some pendants like that not long ago and they were the bane of my existence!

Shorted down wire, took out the power supply. No markings took months to figure out who made it. Driver was no big deal to get something generic, coax down wire was a difference story. Finally got parts.

Had one light in the shop which was fine until someone decided they needed to move it. They put it on the edge of a shelf where it promptly fell and broke the glass.

Called about glass, can't get that color anymore... Well I guess we get to replace both lights with clear glass globes. A year later and about $700 in parts, we have two working pendants and I never want to see them again.

 

[Max]

I worked on some pendants like that not long ago and they were the bane of my existence!

Shorted down wire, took out the power supply. No markings took months to figure out who made it. Driver was no big deal to get something generic, coax down wire was a difference story. Finally got parts.

Had one light in the shop which was fine until someone decided they needed to move it. They put it on the edge of a shelf where it promptly fell and broke the glass.

Called about glass, can't get that color anymore... Well I guess we get to replace both lights with clear glass globes. A year later and about $700 in parts, we have two working pendants and I never want to see them again.

Yep. The first one was a lot of work, but the second was easier. Once you figure out what you need it’s not too bad. Unfortunately, given how many lamps have built in LEDs, I think that this is going to be a more common thing.