My garage lighting is poor, just the standard lighting, that is when I turn on garage light and also when the garage door opens. I would like to improve these two situations. I have two LED fluorescent lighting that I would like to install in the garage. They are the plug in type, each with two tubes. I would like to tie them to garage door opener and also be able to turn them on if I need to be working in the garage. Is that possible/how?
Yes I could just add a double bulb holder to GDO, that should brighten the garage when the g.door is operated. Then just install the LED tubes as switched lighting and call it a day.
However, before I do that you said...
Easiest application would be to have different circuits.
How?
And secondly
My Chamberlin openers had an optional wireless controller that would be easy to set up, open the door the wireless connector turns on the lights.
That wireless setup sounds interesting. How can one set up something similar or closely related, even if they have to use small 433mhz relays, a timed delay relay, or I do have a low voltage sonoff that I have tested to open the garage door. My GDO is chamberlain D2101C
Can you use a stranded 14g wire, as a short 3 or 4ft extension, of, and connected to a solid 14ga wire (or 12ga, whatever is commonly used in residential) in the attic above the garage, so that you can hard wire LED fluorescent tubes lighting?
The electrical cable should be sized according to the circuit breaker size it's protected by. #14 needs to be on a 15amp circuit and can't be used on a 20 amp circuit. #12 is for 20amp circuit.
It's LEDs or it's fluorescents & fluorescents will not last long if you keep restarting them.
For a 10' x 20' garage, lamps totaling 6000 lumens giving 72 lux [7 footcandles] of illuminance should be plenty.
I should add some more info. It's these 4FT LED Shop Light (42W) by Feit Electric, see here or here. They have a cord to plug into wall socket. You can plug the second one into the first one, I have two. I was thinking of swapping out the current garage light bulb and hard wire them into that position. Use is when I am in the garage, so pretty normal usage. (Won't connect them to the garage door opener since we use GD as our entry way.) Does that change anything or should the current breaker for the garage light be sufficient?
@42w, you could put 40 of these up & barely trip a 15A breaker.
I leave mine plugged in with cords that I've lengthened & use little plug-in cube switches to turn them on.
9000 lumens for a 10' x 20' space should give you lighting like in a restaurant.
I have an old bathroom exhaust fan that the motor is starting to die. I don't know the make, but the model number is 8663 MN which is stamped on the outside of the chrome vent cover. The cover is about 10" in diameter. After I took off the cover and exposed the motor, just under the motor was another part number (see attached photo)
I would love to just replace the motor.
Thanks for your help
I am replacing a three way switch with a smart three way switch. The new switch has a line, 2 travellers, ground and white cable. The three way switch I am replacing has a hot or line connected to the black screw and a red and black travellers. This is what is expected and I have changed a few of them. THERE IS HOWEVER ANOTHER BLACK JUMPER WIRE DIRECTLY CONNECTING THE BLACK LINE SCREW TO ONE OF THE TRAVELLERS (the one on the same side of the switch). I connected the smart switch as it should be connected but when I turn it on the light blinks and then goes out. If however I add the jumper between the line and one on the travellers the switch works perfectly. Everything works. I am pretty good with electricity but can not for the life of me figure this one out.
BTW - the other switch in this circuit is an old Intermatic timer switch that has three black leads (hot and two travellers I assume)
Thanks for any help.
10-03-21, 01:11 PM
