|
Home > Archive > Home Repair forum > June 2005 > optimal distance from wall for electrical box for pendant fixture?
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
| Author |
optimal distance from wall for electrical box for pendant fixture?
|
|
| K Ruck 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
| I'm thinking about adding a pendant fixture above my bathroom vanity. I know
I need some minimum clearance from the wall (half the depth of whatever
pendant fixture I end up with) but I want to keep it as close to the wall as
possible, as it won't help much if the light is behind the person at the
mirror.
I don't have a pendant picked out yet, so I figured I'd post first and see
if there is a standard distance from the wall I should observe when putting
in the octagonal box- I have the ceiling open from another project, so now
is the right time to put in the box, even if I don't have a fixture yet (and
who knows, maybe someone one day will want to replace the fixture with a
different style, etc.)
Any suggestions on distance from box center to wall?
Thanks!
Keith
| |
| SQLit 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
|
"K Ruck" <nospam@nospam.edu> wrote in message
news:lsjwe.1804$RC6.935@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
quote:
> I'm thinking about adding a pendant fixture above my bathroom vanity. I
know
quote:
> I need some minimum clearance from the wall (half the depth of whatever
> pendant fixture I end up with) but I want to keep it as close to the wall
as
quote:
> possible, as it won't help much if the light is behind the person at the
> mirror.
>
> I don't have a pendant picked out yet, so I figured I'd post first and see
> if there is a standard distance from the wall I should observe when
putting
quote:
> in the octagonal box- I have the ceiling open from another project, so now
> is the right time to put in the box, even if I don't have a fixture yet
(and
quote:
> who knows, maybe someone one day will want to replace the fixture with a
> different style, etc.)
>
> Any suggestions on distance from box center to wall?
>
> Thanks!
> Keith
Every light fixture has a different lighting pattern. Good companies supply
such information.
Ballpark WAG,,,,,,,,, 3-5 inches to the center of the box from FINISHED
WALL include mirror or anything else when measuring.
I have not seen this done since the mid 1970's.
quote:
>
|
|
|
|
|