The light fixture popped and sparks flew, but the light was not turned. The breaker did not blow and the light is functional. Um, should I worry?

I have no existing light fixtures in the spots I want the pendant lights to hang, is this a big job? For a professional?

i want to hang blue icicle lights on my ceiling. but how? I have regular christmas lights around the edge of my ceiling and i use these: http://www.3m.com/us/home_leisure/command/products/decoratingclips.jhtml . They work okay but I’m worried that the icicle lights will be heavier, especially if they’re hanging from the ceiling.

I’m sure I will end up trying it I’m looking for other ideas.

i do not want to staple or use nails or tacks because i don’t want to damage my ceiling and i don’t think they’ll stay in my ceiling. I will probably try sticky-tack.

I replaced a ceiling fan/light, which was attached to a wall-mounted dimmer switch, with a pendant light. The dimmer has an on/off switch as well as a slide bar to control the brightness of the light. The dimmer did not control the fan before and only controlled the fan’s light. The circuit breaker was triggered during installation and had to be reset. I used one of the bulbs from the fan for the new pendant light. While the new light turns on/off with the switch, it does not dim. The light stays at its brightest regardless of where the slide bar is moved. Did the dimmer switch get damaged? Should I replace it? If not, why does the dimmer not work on my new pendant light when it worked 30 minutes before with the fan light and same bulb?

I have a ceiling fan in my living room that doesn’t have lights. Can I easily install a ceiling fan with lighting? What would I have to do to add lighting in my living room? There is no overhead lights at all. It is a house, not an apartment.

I need to buy mini pendant lights for my kitchen and I’m looking for a store with many on display. (I found online store’s photos are not accurate in color and quality)

The hanging pendant, is for interior lighting, but I just don’t know if it’s okay to put in a bedroom with high ceilings. Wanted something different, and didn’t know if that would be too much.

I found a pendant light that I’d like to buy, but it is a plug-in light that I would hang from my ceiling with hooks. I’d rather not do this since I don’t want to put any unnecessary holes in my ceiling. So is it possible to cut the plug off and attach these wires to the wires in the electrical box that is already installed?
thanks.

Power is in one of the switch boxes, where it now is a single switch, but am adding 3-way switches, one at the original single switch point and another with the traveler wire between the the two switches. My question is how to wire from the power source and switch to the first of four lights. Do I wire the white wires together and the blacks are the power pigtails to each light or am I thinking that wrong? 3 way switches I understand basics, but not sure how the lights are inter connected . I have rough wired the light outlets from first thru the fourth light with last light outlet having the switch leg going to the 2nd 3 way switch.

I have a vaulted ceiling in my kitchen and it is hard to reach the bulbs to change, so I want to put pendant light on the existing track so I can reach a little easier, and give it a new look

hi building my own home gym in basement saw this picture and want to know what type of ceiling that is also what are those lights called? is it easy and cheap to make that ceiling? here is the picture its the first pictures in this thread

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=354281&page=23
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=354281

this is the right page sorry

this is to go over the dining table

As in hard wired so that it can be turned on and off via light switch? If not what would be a better alternative to this type of idea, I realize small bulbs could have the same effect I am looking for but what would then be the best way to wire them to connect to the single sorce (I am going for a hanging loose chandelier look)?

I picked up a cute kid’s shade at IKEA, but did not buy the pendant light that they had (for ) since it had an ordinary plug for a wall outlet. I want something that mounts to the ceiling to replace an existing fixture. Oddly, I can’t seem to find anyone who sales a plain, ordinary, white pendant light. Lots of designer stuff is available, with fancy gold chains and decorative shades, for and up. I just want a plain round disk to mount to the ceiling, a clean white cord hanging down, and a fixture on the end that will take my shade and a 100 watt bulb. Does anyone know of any store, online or retail, who carries such an obvious product?

I have this extra red wire coming from the ceiling outlet. This is a new home. The instruction manual for the ceiling fan did not talk about a red wire. this is what I did…
Ceiling Groundwire to Fan Green wire
Ceiling White wire to Fan White wire
Ceiling Black wire to Fan Black wire AND Blue wire. The fan works but the lights don’t.
What is this red wire for too? AM I supposed to attach the blue wire to the red one?
The light housing is connected to the fan housing already. That should not be the problem.

I have some self lighting incense powder that does light by itself but I dont know whether or not there is a way your supposed to light it. I usually use a brass dish. It takes forever to keep it alight for long. When it burns out there is always some un-burned incense left. Can anyone give me some tips?

I have three recessed lights (put in by the builder, 5 years ago), that I would like to convert to pendant lights.

I know of three options:
- Portfolio conversion kit with light (, but limited shade selection)
- Well Hung LIght: 0 or so on line, large selection of shades
- The Can Converter (converter only): incl. shipping on-line (I know I’ve seen in Lowe’s, may be less there), PLUS the cost of the pendant

A couple of questions:
- any experience with any of these?
- would it make sense to get the cheaper Portfolio kit and then replace the shade (are the shades interchangeable with shades I might see at a hardware store)?

I’m not prepared to spend 0+ per light so the well hung light is likely out. Also, I’ve replaced many light fixtures, but I’m no Bob Vila.

Thanks

Is this possible???

i have built small extension what type and size wire will i need for new sockets and lighting in the new kitchen area, thanks
i aint doing the job i am just getting the materials ready for who ever does do it

I’m looking to add a little color without replacing the shades, which I have researched and realized it will cost about a shade for the colors I want. I have so many shades, it would save me a lot of money if I could paint them myself. The existing shades are white semi-translucent glass. I’d like to add an aqua color to them, either solid or in a pattern, which may look better to hide the brush strokes)

I am a home based worker for a large company, however there is no office to work from within 2 hours. Therefore I have to work from home and one of my rooms at home is used as an office. During the winter particularly, but through all the year this has a big effect on lighting, heating, water bills etc The company does not pay towards these costs, but is there anything I can claim back on tax? Thanks