SliK JiM
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Double Light Fixture
Well, I was making one today for my newest enclosure build, so I thought I’d take some pictures and make a quick guide for people to use!
Right, lets start!
Go out and buy yourself 2 fluorescent light fixtures (I got these from Wickes for £7.65 each http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fluorescent-Fitting/invt/162281) and they come with a standard tube too.
Next, make yourself 2 brackets to hold the lights over the top of your enclosure (sorry, didn’t take any photos of these being made as they’re simple! Just screw wood together to make it look like the ones below and that’ll do fine. I chose to paint them white so they matched the fluorescent fixtures).
Then, turn them over and screw your fluorescent fixtures into these brackets (there’s a catch to release the underside of the fluorescent fixture)
Once they’re secured in place, turn them over and attach a junction box to the top (one of these http://www.wickes.co.uk/Junction-Box-5Amp-4-terminal/invt/712936). Open it up and remove the little screws that will secure the wire in place later.
Then, get some triple core electrical cable (something like this http://www.wickes.co.uk/3-Core-Heat-Resistant-Flex-15mm2/invt/204859) and strip the end of to reveal the wire (if the wire isn’t a single core i.e there are lots of little strands, twist the end so that its easier to work with. I also bend the very tip back a little so that when you push it into something, the tip flexes back and holds it in place).
Once you’ve done this, feed the stripped end into the light fixture and attach it to the correct junction terminals (match up the colours basically but remember brown is live and blue is neutral – for the record, the earth doesn’t do anything so you can just use 2 core wire but I just prefer to have it included)
Then, pull the wire tight through the hole in the top of the fixture and cut yourself a sufficient amount to wire up the junction box correctly. Wire the junction box however you want, but don’t mix terminals!
Do the same for the other fixture and connect the junction box up again.
Next, wire yourself up a plug using a 5A fuse leaving enough wire for a suitably long lead.
Again, wire this into the junction box but this time put the little screws back in place to make sure nothing can move.
Put the lid back on the junction box and re-attach the underside of the fixtures.
Then, add the tubes and find a plug!
Done! One double fluorescent tube light fixture!
Good luck with making your own!
Well, I was making one today for my newest enclosure build, so I thought I’d take some pictures and make a quick guide for people to use!
Right, lets start!
Go out and buy yourself 2 fluorescent light fixtures (I got these from Wickes for £7.65 each http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fluorescent-Fitting/invt/162281) and they come with a standard tube too.
Next, make yourself 2 brackets to hold the lights over the top of your enclosure (sorry, didn’t take any photos of these being made as they’re simple! Just screw wood together to make it look like the ones below and that’ll do fine. I chose to paint them white so they matched the fluorescent fixtures).
Then, turn them over and screw your fluorescent fixtures into these brackets (there’s a catch to release the underside of the fluorescent fixture)
Once they’re secured in place, turn them over and attach a junction box to the top (one of these http://www.wickes.co.uk/Junction-Box-5Amp-4-terminal/invt/712936). Open it up and remove the little screws that will secure the wire in place later.
Then, get some triple core electrical cable (something like this http://www.wickes.co.uk/3-Core-Heat-Resistant-Flex-15mm2/invt/204859) and strip the end of to reveal the wire (if the wire isn’t a single core i.e there are lots of little strands, twist the end so that its easier to work with. I also bend the very tip back a little so that when you push it into something, the tip flexes back and holds it in place).
Once you’ve done this, feed the stripped end into the light fixture and attach it to the correct junction terminals (match up the colours basically but remember brown is live and blue is neutral – for the record, the earth doesn’t do anything so you can just use 2 core wire but I just prefer to have it included)
Then, pull the wire tight through the hole in the top of the fixture and cut yourself a sufficient amount to wire up the junction box correctly. Wire the junction box however you want, but don’t mix terminals!
Do the same for the other fixture and connect the junction box up again.
Next, wire yourself up a plug using a 5A fuse leaving enough wire for a suitably long lead.
Again, wire this into the junction box but this time put the little screws back in place to make sure nothing can move.
Put the lid back on the junction box and re-attach the underside of the fixtures.
Then, add the tubes and find a plug!
Done! One double fluorescent tube light fixture!
Good luck with making your own!
