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Electrical & Lighting

Electrical & Lighting

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It's so fun to do electrical and lighting projects! Just kidding! We know that electrical and lighting projects are tricky, and that .0001 percent of the population actually knows how to do them. That's OK, because on Hometalk, you can talk about electrical & lighting projects with people who have done them before, and can tell you what works - and what doesn't. Or, browse photos of electrical and lighting projects for inspiration. Electrical and lighting projects are easier when you have Hometalk on your side.



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Electrical & Lighting: Stand-by home generator

We live in the southern part of the U.S. and are going to buy a stand-by generator to supply emergency electrical power to our home. Our outages occur mostly in the summer when the ...»
temperatures are 90-100 degrees and the humidity is 95%. Loss of power lasts a few hours 5-6 times a year. Major outages average 4-5 days once a year. We are trying to decide if we should buy a liquid or an air cooled generator. Local suppliers are split about 50:50 with their opinions. What do you suggest?

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John Billodeaux Saint Gabriel, LA 13 hours ago
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Queen Size Old Door Headboard - Made on the Light Side

The old doors that we purchase are usually made from pine, oak or mahogany. This old door was originally made using pine. After removing most of the paint we seal the front before ...»
painting the remaining trim.

Our Customer was very excited when she picked it up this afternoon!

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Vintage Headboards Frisco, TX 20 hours ago
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Reclaimed Wood Ceiling- Tips & Tricks

Our big backyard project is done! We added reclaimed wood to our patio ceiling and it turned out great. Come see how a little 'old wood' transformed our outdoor space.
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Crafty Texas Girls Grapevine, TX Yesterday
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  • Red, white and blue star luminary made with a mason jar.
  • I used a quart sized mason jar with star stickers and acrylic paints.  I used the tape to separate the 3 sections to paint.  Applied the stars around the area and then painted the jar.
  • Red paint first.  It took several coats to get coverage.  I used the acrylic paint for the brushed look and transparency.
  • I turned the jar over and painted the blue.  After the red and blue dried I removed the stickers and prepared the middle section for the white paint.
  • I applied the stickers to the middle section and painted over the section with the white paint.  Now all I had to do was let it dry completely.  I placed the candle inside and it is ready to light.
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Patriotic Mason Jar Luminary

Just a little something to use when we are gathered to celebrate Memorial Day. I made several of these to put on our deck.
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Allison House Sumter, SC Yesterday
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Making a LampShade

Cute lampshade fabric cover for a girls bedroom. This DIY was super easy, inexpensive and looks adorable in my little girls room. Visit the site for step by step instructions.
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SimplyLinen Elkhorn, NE 2 days ago
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  • Take your light and check it out closely as some are different. 1
  • By the bulb you should see some small screws
  • Remove the screws and SLOWLY pull the pieces apart. You will then see a normal, everyday, single AA battery. Yep, that is what gets charged by the sun during the day so that it glows at night! 2
  • Change the battery out with a new one and...Let there be light! 2
  • Now, if you have a different type of light, say like this one from WalMart, with the globe on top, it gets even easier to replace the battery.
  • Kathe With An E~DIY Fix Your Solar Lights
Simply pull the stake out and you will see this on the globe end.
  • One single screw. Leave the three screws by the bulb alone.
  • And there is your battery. Change it out, put the screw back in and you are done!
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DIY Fix for Spring

Got solar lights that aren't working? Luckily, I know how to fix them right up! And, I am going to share my tip with you!Cuz, well, we're friends and all and that's what friends do, right?...

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Kathe With An E (Kathe) Aurora, CO on Apr 29, 2013
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    Dianna Renick Blevins 3 hours ago
    Sometimes the little solar panel that collects the sunlight gets hazy looking. I've seen ...»
    other posts that say you can clean it with tooth paste and the light will work again. It is also recommended for cleaning the haze off headlight covers.

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  • The solar light was almost the same size as the jar ring
***UPDATE Don't hot glue gems to the outside, they may fall off :(
  • This is after glued flat sided gems around the jar ring and around the little edge on the bottom of the clear part of the light. This little part was where the cylinder and spike were to put the light into the ground.
  • Close up of the gems.

Another Solar Light In A Jar

A big thank you to Melissa @ Keep Calm and Decorate for inspiring me to make solar lights in jar. This is my twist on your ...»
idea, THANKS again for your inspiration

I found solar lights at Walmart that were pretty much the same size as the top of a canning jar. I bought a box of a dozen clear generic canning jars at Walmart. And I bought bags of flat florist gems at the dollar store.

I removed the cylinder with the ground spike from the solar light and put a thin line of clear silicone caulk around the outside of the jar ring then put the light on top. After the caulk dried attach flat florist gems around the jar ring and around the little edge at the bottom of the clear shade of the solar light. Then I threw in about 50 florist gems inside the jar for stability outside along my wall. I wanted to use red gems but they didn't have any. Next trip to the Dollar Store :)

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Mary I. Pittsburgh, PA on Apr 25, 2013
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    Mary I. 8 hours ago
    @Laurie I bough all my gems at the Dollar Store. Isn't it fun to do your own twist on ...»
    different hints you find on here? That's how I came to doing the lights like I did. Since then, I've covered the whole jar with gems for a cute light to put on my front wall. All the neighbors look at it :) I bet their looking all over the place to figure out where I "bought" it lol.

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Lighting in kitchen

Does anyone have a ceiling fan with lights in your kitchen?
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Kathy.cronin1@verizon.net Collegeville, PA 3 days ago
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    Laurie Yesterday
    I have one, hardly ever use it, it blows the gas stove flame too much!
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Outdoor Light Transformation

Ahhh, the magic of spray paint! A can of Oil Rubbed Bronze saved these brass outdoor lights from the landfill. And now I love something I didn't think was lovable.
Jill Drummond
Jill Drummond Middleton, WI 3 days ago
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    Cyndi Moore Tippett 2 days ago
    Love the change... I have done this to 2 chandeliers I inherited with my latest house. One was ...»
    painted black and the other a bright blue...love them too!

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DIY Rope Lamp

I had this idea to make this nautical Rope Lamp for my son's big boy room with an old existing lamp I already had, but I wanted the lamp to be a bit chunkier. So of course I stole my kids ...»
pool noodle, used some masking tape, rope and hot glue to get the look I wanted...yes a pool noodle! #nautical #lamp #rope

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The Lily Pad Cottage Middleville, MI on May 12, 2013
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    Caroline Hargrove 17 hours ago
    This would go great with my decor. Everything is Southwestern, Native American, Cowboy, ...»
    Eagles, American Flags and Horses. Have a cheap floor lamp from Wal-Mart and this would make it fit in better than the black metal.

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