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Stem Mounted Wraparound Decided to stem mount my wraparound just to spice it up a bit. I used a 8" piece of rigid conduit and a round outdoor box cover to make the mount. Actual stem mounts are similar but those usually have swivel canopies instead of a rigid one. The wraparound is nothing special, just a plain old Lithonia residential wrap that I modded by installing a Motorola RS ballast on one side and a Sylvania IS ballast on the other side. The pull chain switches the Motorola RS ballast for some cheap dimming. Keywords: Indoor_Fixtures

Stem Mounted Wraparound

Decided to stem mount my wraparound just to spice it up a bit. I used a 8" piece of rigid conduit and a round outdoor box cover to make the mount. Actual stem mounts are similar but those usually have swivel canopies instead of a rigid one. The wraparound is nothing special, just a plain old Lithonia residential wrap that I modded by installing a Motorola RS ballast on one side and a Sylvania IS ballast on the other side. The pull chain switches the Motorola RS ballast for some cheap dimming.

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Album name:joe_347V / Lighting Fixtures
Keywords:Indoor_Fixtures
Company and Date Manufactured:Lithonia Lighting
Wattage:2x32w
Lamp Type:F32T8
Filesize:381 KiB
Date added:Apr 05, 2015
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GEsoftwhite100watts   [Apr 05, 2015 at 05:57 AM]
Are these both single-lamp ballasts then? Or 2-lamp wired for one for the redundancy and dimming ability?
I have a fixture like this in my garage, it originally was in my kitchen. Came with a pair of June 1999 Philips 4100K "Home Light" lamps and MagneTek LPF RS ballast but it now has a different ballast (a Radionic; the MagneTek later died) and GE-made Ace 34w cool whites.
These are sure much nicer than those "basket" wraparounds!
streetlight98   [Apr 05, 2015 at 05:15 PM]
Ah Nice! I think 4ft lights require two pendant stems to balance it and to prevent it from rotating but I guess it would be fine. I'm guessing you only used one because it's the only electrical box? I like it!
joe_347V   [Apr 06, 2015 at 04:39 PM]
Thanks, Yeah most I've seen have either a stem at each end or one of those dual stem canopies at the centre (like what half pipers are usually mounted on). This one is fairly balanced since it has two ballasts and is a pretty light fixture to begin with. I could see a heavier fixture like a louvered light having problems with only one stem though. Yeah my room was originally wired for incandescent light so there only one electrical box in the centre. I suppose if my room was bigger I could have a tandem light and three pendant stems.

The Motorola rapid start ballast is a single lamp but the Sylvania instant start is a two lamp model wired for one lamp. Both ballasts aren't original, the original ballast was a cheesy Accupro two lamp instant ballast.
A_lights   [Apr 05, 2016 at 04:18 AM]
good idea!
joe_347V   [Apr 08, 2016 at 06:46 AM]
Thanks! I updated this setup too. I got a cover to hide the screws and added in a collar to keep the cover in place.

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