Archive for February 4th, 2010

Connecting A Ceiling Fan

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Wiring a ceiling fan is not so difficult and is mostly like wiring a light fixture. While wiring a ceiling fan, make sure that all the wire connections are made securely and with the proper size of wire nuts. The nuts should not be loose and no copper strands should be left uncovered.

In general you will find 4 wires for attaching your ceiling fan. These wires have different colors (black, white, green and red/blue or black/white striped) and each of this color have its own significance.

Black wire of ceiling fan is used to connect the hot terminal of the fan and for connecting hot terminal of light kit, red/blue/striped is used. For connecting the neutral terminal of the ceiling fan white wire is used. In the end, for whole setup green wire can be used to make ground connection.

Now start connecting the wires of fan to the home wiring. Start with the neutral wire connection. The neutral wire of fan that is white in color is required to be connected with the neutral wire of house (white color). Also check if the white wire of your ceiling fan has a colored tape over it then that may signify that this wire should not be used as neural wire.

Pendant Track Lighting: Lights Make Your Home Look Beautiful

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Pendant track lighting provides a beautiful looks to the room. It gives such a beautiful lighting effect to the room or the area where it is installed. You can install the pendent lighting anywhere in the room or in the closed empty space in the home.

Pendant lighting works best at places where the ceiling is high. Due to high ceiling the light can give its effect to whole room but it does not become the main focus of the room. Pendent lighting is not too bright so it gives a beautiful look to the room. Also you can adjust the brightness of the room according to your own convenience.

You will find many different type of pendant lights like inverted, down lights, mini pendants, Kitchen and island pendant lighting and pool table and billiard lights. You can buy these lights from under $100 to more than $500. The diameter of these pendant lights ranges from under 10 inches to more than 20 inches.

Pendant lighting comes in different styles like Americana, mission/arts and crafts, country style, crystal, European style, modern/contemporary style, rustic and lodge, tiffany style, traditional style, tropical style, wrought iron, Victorian style and modern organics. You can also get different colors in this light like black, brass, bronze, brown, chrome, copper, designer, gold, nickel, pewter, rust, silver and white.