Timeline for How can I extend an old ceiling box to fit a SmartHome relay?
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| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:41 | comment | added | Mazura | That's the trouble; all your working with is a hickey. Hard part's prob finding the right bushing: 1/2->3/8?. Bring one of your hickeys and get it all to work. | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:30 | history | edited | Mazura | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:28 | comment | added | friedo | Thanks for the ideas. I'll have a look at the HD tomorrow; I may end up just going for a round metal box and painting it if I can figure out a way to secure it. | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:26 | comment | added | Mazura | No sry, its a pic stole from google that leads back to SE with a dead link ;p They should be available locally, if not you'd best find your own: I just saw them anywhere from $10-$40. If you're very lucky it will thread right on, if not you need a bushing insert. | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:20 | comment | added | friedo | Also, how would I secure the top of that kind of box to the hickey? Is there a connector that will thread into the top hole? | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 3:16 | comment | added | friedo | thanks, I think this kind of box will work. I actually don't need the hickey for the fixture, it can be hung with a crossbar, so I should have plenty of room. Do you have a model number/manufacturer for that box? | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 2:46 | comment | added | Mazura | I wonder if anyone makes a giant split hickey for exactly this purpose.... | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 2:37 | history | answered | Mazura | CC BY-SA 3.0 |