Timeline for 3.5" round box for wall sconces, cannot make work with many fixtures
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| Mar 14, 2019 at 4:24 | comment | added | eci | Ordered the offset crossbar shown by JPhi1618. Arrives Friday will update. Thanks for replies all. | |
| Mar 14, 2019 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1105982038245629953 | ||
| Mar 13, 2019 at 22:04 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 21:10 | answer | added | JPhi1618 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 21:05 | comment | added | JPhi1618 | I see now. Your problem (to rephrase) is that the mounting holes on the box are almost in the right place, so any adapter plate you use is going to mean the box screws and the fixture mounting screws are almost in the same place. | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 20:27 | comment | added | eci | I will take a pic of the plate mounted, blocking use of the threaded studs. This is the fixture in question: minkagroup.net/images/instruction-manuals/… The two red circled holes are where the threaded studs go through. You must get these horizontally level. You then place the fixture's holes over them, and use a knurled knob and secure. The reason you can't do this is - the actual wall box has its threaded holes horizontally under where these studs holes must be to mount the fixture. Not precisely though, which is why I cannot directly mount. | |
| S Mar 13, 2019 at 17:58 | history | suggested | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 17:20 | comment | added | jsotola |
@eci, please add a picture that illustrates the problem that you are having ..... your description about horizontal and vertical holes is unclear ...... also, does studs mean threaded studs?
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 16:49 | comment | added | Platinum Goose | See this thread, is there a reason the adaptor in the second picture won't work? diy.stackexchange.com/questions/159329/… | |
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 15:27 | history | edited | Daniel Griscom | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 15:21 | comment | added | eci | Great idea and I tried - but the holes side to side are not precisely level meaning the fixture would be crooked :( If they were diagonal or vertical the plates that can rotate would get the stud holes precise. Pic: imgur.com/cFUId4f | |
| Mar 13, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | JPhi1618 | So the mounting screws for the light can't go directly into the 2.75" box holes without the bracket? Maybe a picture would help? | |
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| Mar 13, 2019 at 14:59 | history | asked | eci | CC BY-SA 4.0 |