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FLUORESCENT LIGHTING xx ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE The no sky skylight. Make a simple window frame using translucent plastic panels back-lit with fluorescent tubes. Front of frame is covered with aluminum strips. Photo shows how lowered ceiling of gypsum board, combined with recessed fluorescent lights gives the effect of a floating ceiling. Photo shows how to build a fluorescent light fixture for showing off artwork. Est. cost: $41. Fabric covered two tube fluorescent light fixture is suspended from chains to make a hanging light. Est. cost: $15. Electrical wiring. Part 5. How to install fluorescent fixtures in your house. Breaking the twilight barrier. Lighting ideas for a kitchen. Includes instructions for building a light valance for a 24"x48" fluorescent ceiling fixture. Let there be light in your workshop. When and where to use tungsten lights and fluorescent lights in your workshop. Fluorescent tubes which can be used for the inspection of color photographic prints are suggested. Listing of X-10 (or equivalent) remote-control modules which can be used to control fluorescent lights. Infrared remote control interference from some energy-saving fluorescent bulbs. The cause and cure. Circuit for powering a 4-watt fluorescent lamp from a 12-volt DC source. How a ballast operates in a fluorescent light. How to power a fluorescent lamp from a DC source. How to convert a two-tube fluorescent fixture into a hanging fixture. A look at some of the common problems with fluorescent lights and how to solve them. Built-in couch has storage underneath and tables at each end. Tall false "windows" are built into the wall above each table with fluorescent lights behind each "window". Fluorescent light troubleshooting. Tips on reducing the humming noise associated with fluorescent lights. Fluorescent lights come home to stay. How a fluorescent bulb works and what is available in new, energy-efficient lighting for the home. A guide to fluorescent lighting. Energy-efficient lamps are coming closer to home. What is available in fluorescent lighting for homes and tips on their installation and use. Green lights for home and business. Advice on replacements for incandescent lamps which use less electricity, but output the same amount of light. Improve your kitchen lighting. Installing overhead fluorescent lights, undercabinet fixture, and recessed fixture. How to fish wires to new locations. Worksheet for calculating the potential savings of using compact fluorescent lighting. Tips on stopping fluorescent flicker. Tip: Tighten ballast mounting screws to help eliminate noise from fluorescent fixtures. Built-it-yourself vanitory for a bathroom. Matching medicine cabinet and fluorescent light fixture complete the unit. Build a fluorescent drop light in a walnut housing that has stained glass inserts. Est. cost: $31. Build your own fluorescent strip lights. Fluorescent starter guide. How they work and a chart of the correct sizes for various fluorescent tubes. Easy-to-make boxes of light. Lighted cornices, soffits, coves, indirect lighting and other uses of fluorescent light strips add greatly to the appearance of a room. 2 decorative ceiling boxes conceal surface-mounted fluorescent fixtures. Trouble-shooting fluorescent lights. Circuit to power miniature fluorescent lamps from the AC power line. Laptop computer enhancements. (1) Battery-powered fluorescent lamp provides adequate lighting for using liquid-crystal-display screens. (2) Printer stand features a pull-out shelf on which to set the laptop computer when printing. (3) Improving the tractor-feed mechanism on printers to eliminate jams when using "clean-perf" paper. Build a modern style hanging, or table lamp. Both ribbed plastic sheet and corrugated fiberglass are used as shade material. Floor lamp uses 48" fluorescent bulbs. A look at what's new in fluorescent lighting for the home. Includes sketches on (1) how to install under-cabinet lighting, (2) stepped lighting behind lacquered screens and (3) making lighted soffits. Tips on selecting fluorescent grow lights. Tips on installing and using undercabinet fluorescent lighting. Tips on eliminating the "buzz-type" radio interference caused by fluorescent lamps. DC-operated fluorescent light works off a 12-volt battery and uses a 6-watt tube. Portable emergency light doubles as luminescence detector. A portable, battery-powered fluorescent lamp. Powered by car, boat, or trailer 12-volt battery. Circular or straight fluorescent light can be flashed on or off one or more times per second with this circuit. Can also be flashed in time with music. Est. cost: $35. How to build a battery powered fluorescent lamp. Use it as a black light (ultraviolet) source when prospecting and rock hunting. Tips on locating minerals that are fluorescent under black light. Build a fluorescent utility lamp that will operate from a 12-volt dc source. Portable fluorescent lamp is powered by the 12-volt battery in a car or recreational vehicle. Has a built in dc-to-ac converter. Turns itself off if battery becomes too low. Electronic novelty light. Learn more about how light dimmers and fluorescent lamps work with this project. High-voltage circuits. (1) Power supply to operate fluorescent tubes from a 12-volt source. (2) Combination Hartley oscillator/step-up transformer is used to generate significant negative high-voltage. Fluorescent-tube emergency lighting system combines a 12-volt battery, battery charger, and a high-voltage power supply. Experimenting with the 4093 NAND Schmitt trigger. Circuits include oscillator, signal injector, fluorescent-light inverter, fluorescent flasher, Morse code sender, beep-tone generator, LED flasher, and timer. False ceiling beams conceal fluorescent lights. An attic skylight is really plastic panels lighted from behind with fluorescent lamps. What you should know about fluorescent lamps. Wiring, starters and causes of failure discussed. The rediscovered basement. Dollar for dollar, the best way to add lots of living space to your home is by remodeling the basement. How to frame walls, conceal pipes, install burlap-covered wall panels and build 4-tube fluorescent ceiling fixtures. How to repair a fluorescent fixture. Installing a fluorescent-light dimmer switch. Luminous ceiling features wall-to-wall fluorescent lighting. Build your own battery-powered fluorescent light. How to troubleshoot fluorescent lamps. All about fluorescent lighting. How they work, choosing starters and troubleshooting. Convert your workshop to fluorescent lighting. Get more light for less cost. Convert an ordinary table lamp to use a circular fluorescent bulb. Est. cost: $12. Tip: Modern fluorescent lamps will last longer in terms of actual used light if turned OFF when not needed. Wall-mounted frame, made of aluminum, is used to support a 48" fluorescent light fixture over a workbench. It allows positioning the light so you don't have to work in your own shadow. Cold-flash. A blinking fluorescent lamp that can be seen for miles at night, runs for a year on a single battery and will operate at low temperatures. Even works under water. Rebuilding fluorescent fixtures. Tip on relieving internal pressures before breaking fluorescent bulbs for disposal. Tip shows how to make a wall mounted reading light. 8-ft. long box is made from pine 2x12s with fluorescent fixtures mounted inside. Tip: How to build a skylight with hidden fluorescent tubes around it and a ceiling fan mounted in the center. Bathroom lights are recessed light boxes that hold fluorescent tubes. Slatted doors cover the tubes to diffuse the light. Combination rack for stemware and ceiling light fixture. T-shaped slots in the bottom of a redwood box that hides the fluorescent tubes can hold wine glasses by their bottoms. Ceiling light beam is 7-ft long. Sides are 2x12s separated at the top by a 2x5 that supports fluorescent fixtures. A plastic pane fits in grooves in the bottom to hide the tubes. Concealed room-width reading lights for reading in bed. Bookshelf has fluorescent fixtures mounted underneath. Cedar 2x8 mounted 6" from wall and concealing fluorescent lamps is used to illuminate artwork on walls and cabinet tops. Ideas for lighting stairways with fluorescent fixtures recessed into wall. Tip: Fluorescent lights installed under a 2x8 handrail lights a stairway while hiding the light fixtures. Tip: Shells of white acrylic plastic that cover built-in circular fluorescent bulbs are constructed in layers of varying sizes to create an abstract sculptural effect. How to mount 4 fluorescent fixtures to the back of an area rug that has been mounted on a 52"x72" sheet of plywood. This will create both a wall hanging and indirect lighting. Est. cost: $53. Lighting updates. How to refurbish old or drab table lamps and fluorescent lamps. Tips include concealing the old base, adding new lampshades, and concealing the entire lamp behind a new facade. Tip on using small battery-powered fluorescent lamps to better illuminate power tool work surfaces. Window cornice hides fluorescent light. Ceiling light fixture features fluorescent lamps behind translucent-plastic panels and two dimmer-controlled, adjustable spotlights. Troubleshooting fluorescent lamps. Protect workshop fluorescent lights by covering the fixture with chicken wire. Build a ceiling light box in which fluorescent lamps cast a soft, diffused light through a plastic diffuser. | |||||||||
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