Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Purple velvet electrician
Lighting in the bathroom has been restored, and I am feeling thumped. Changing out a light fixture involves, among a few dozen other tasks, climbing up and down on a chair about a hundred bazillion times. My knees, back and neck think this was a stupid idea and light in the bathroom is over-rated.
Also, the task is only marginally done. The holes where you mount the case of the fixture to the wall were not in the same places on the old and the new one. Since the new one is MUCH lighter in weight, I felt it was safe enough to get it more or less pretty much set up, and leave the retro-fitting for another day. Also the repainting of the wall area, because this new fixture is just teeny skosh smaller than the old one....
I am still not totally sure what happened with the old one. It COULD have just been a bad bulb. There was no sign of wire crossing or melt-down anywhere, just a cracked casing and soot where the bulb arced. So I dunno.
WhatI DO know is that I looked tres stylin' making my household repairs in my purple velvet pants!
Also, the task is only marginally done. The holes where you mount the case of the fixture to the wall were not in the same places on the old and the new one. Since the new one is MUCH lighter in weight, I felt it was safe enough to get it more or less pretty much set up, and leave the retro-fitting for another day. Also the repainting of the wall area, because this new fixture is just teeny skosh smaller than the old one....
I am still not totally sure what happened with the old one. It COULD have just been a bad bulb. There was no sign of wire crossing or melt-down anywhere, just a cracked casing and soot where the bulb arced. So I dunno.
WhatI DO know is that I looked tres stylin' making my household repairs in my purple velvet pants!
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