What lighting fixtures for garage Round junction boxes?
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wow, tons of information.... almost any light fixture will work over an octagon box
Round box.
duneslider
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So, I have several different versions of these style screw in lights Lights
They are just okay. Some of them put off serious RF noise that affects the garage door openers and other things that are in the 130-160mhz range. Not all of them do but I have had to take 2 of them down due to excessive RF noise. I didn't buy these, they were all given to me by my brother. These do put off pretty good light and are therefor better than just a single bulb.
I too am looking at other options for lights. I think I will look more at some sort direct wire LED light that will perform better.
They are just okay. Some of them put off serious RF noise that affects the garage door openers and other things that are in the 130-160mhz range. Not all of them do but I have had to take 2 of them down due to excessive RF noise. I didn't buy these, they were all given to me by my brother. These do put off pretty good light and are therefor better than just a single bulb.
I too am looking at other options for lights. I think I will look more at some sort direct wire LED light that will perform better.
chad215
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I have some of these too. Can't listen to the radio at all when they are on. Too much interference. I took them out.
JRC3
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alfredeneuman
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Octagon boxes have same screw spacings as round boxes
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CJ7VFR
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This is what I would do, and have done in all the garages I have ever owned. The receptacles make it easy to put in more/better lighting than just putting in a single ceramic fixture that uses one light bulb.
Jim
You can't put a receptacle in a round box.
This works though:
JRC3
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What size is the box?
This is one option, but a GFCI will be required for any 120V receptacle in a shop/garage/outbuilding.
Shiftless
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If your round box is big enough, you can use one of these.
Make sure to provide GFCI protection for your lighting circuit Consider a GFCI receptacle on the wall next to the switch or maybe a GFCI breaker in your panel. Obviously, a GFCI receptacle won’t fit behind one of these covers and you can’t put a GFCI on the ceiling anyway because it has to be accessible.
Make sure to provide GFCI protection for your lighting circuit Consider a GFCI receptacle on the wall next to the switch or maybe a GFCI breaker in your panel. Obviously, a GFCI receptacle won’t fit behind one of these covers and you can’t put a GFCI on the ceiling anyway because it has to be accessible.
The one shown by Shiftless is punched for 3.
CJ7VFR
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Are you talking about the receptacle being held in place to the plate, or the plate being mounted to the round box after the receptacle has been attached to the plate?
If you're talking about the receptacle being attached to the plate, then Norcal is right. There are three mounting locations for the receptacle to attach to the cover plate.
If your talking about attaching the plate (with the receptacle attached to it) to the round box, then there are two screw hole locations for this. One is the "U" shaped cutout for one screw, shown at the bottom right of the picture, and the other is the keyhole shaped cutout for the other screw shown in the upper left of the picture. The screw cutouts are made like this so that the plates and fixtures can be installed and removed without totally removing their mounting hardware from the junction box.
Jim
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IMHO, there is no need unless you're pulling a permit for this work, or are especially accident-prone.
Or use a blank plate with a hole for a connector and run 1 or 2 whips out to fixture (surface mount or chain-hung) with AC cable.
alfredeneuman
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In the US chain hung fixtures are required to use stranded wire to connect them. AC cable has solid wire. Canada may be different.
Yes, solid wire AC90 is used in Canada for chain hung fixtures. Didn't know the USA did it differently.
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