My hiatus was self-imposed as a fluke of computer sharing caused a really good anti-Obama screed to be placed on someone else's blog. However, I felt a little different not spewing on-line, so, I've decided to end the hiatus.
What has prompted this entry is a task I completed today. Some may think it so simple that it is curious why anyone would want to blog about such a thing. But, for those who know me, this is a big deal.
The aged ceiling fan in our kitchen has been eating bulbs as of late. The metal grooves inside the porcelain bulb fixtures, over time, have corroded and are no longer able to have the bulbs make contact at their terminus and the act of turning the bulbs was causing them to break at the last twist. Ergo (nice old word, ain't it?), my wife and I (yes, it was a mutual decision) decided to see what the local home improvement megastore had to offer us as a solution. We walked through the ceiling fan area to check out some of the styles and sizes of fan units with lights. Boy, are there choices, from $50 up to $300. After acquiring nearly permanent cricks in our necks, we began wondering if there wasn't a way to get off on the cheap, thereby replacing only the light fixtures as opposed to the entire fan.
To our surprise and thankfulness, there were boxes of light-only replacements. We went back home to do some closer investigation and examination of our fan assembly (as termed in the industry). I actually loosened the lights from the bottom of the fan and inspected the wiring. I determined that I, yes I could actually remove the lights and successfully replace them on the two wires that connected the lights to the fan assembly. To answer your question, I did trip the circuit breaker before I even touched the fan with a screwdriver. Thus, we came to the conclusion that we could and the decision to replace those lights.
We went back to the megastore and without help from any "expert" found our desired type of lights, which included the bulbs, and home we went. Just as a precaution, however, we did purchase some 40 watt incandecent bulbs (yes the type that Big Brother has deemed to be illegal in the future) to place in the old lights in case I could not make the switch, which, as is the custom in our household, is the rule rather than the exception. The next morning, after church, I, yes I, made a successful replacement of the lights on our 40-year-old fan assembly. As a celebratory act I decided to stop at this success and not to tackle any other home improvement DYI's until absolutely necessary.
Here's the proof!
2 comments:
Glad you are back. I see now how easily the mistake occured. I think you did really good with that light!
Thank you, my dear. I was glad for the support.
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