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Never seen a light fixture that screws into the ceiling.
by nemetroid 1y ago
Never seen a light fixture that screws into the ceiling.
- EvanAnderson 1y agoSome fixtures screw into an electrical box attached to the studs in the ceiling. The IKEA SIMRISHAMN pendant does that, for example.
- nemetroid 1y agoLooking at the Ikea US website, the Simrishamn and PS 2014 seem to have similar solutions: a plate that screws into an electrical box and provides a hook (the lowest common international denominator). What do you do if you want to move a ceiling light a bit to the side? Do you install an entire new electrical box?
- hnlmorg 1y agoIf those electrical boxes are anything like the ones in the video I shared, then they’re trivial to move. You don’t actually need the box though. In fact they weren’t even available in my previous two homes. It’s really more a convenience thing than anything. But again, this is assuming we are talking about the same thing (region differences and all).
- linsomniac 1y agoIn the US, NEC and most local codes (which are often based on some version of the NEC) require that connections be made inside a box. This is largely because connections are the most likely place for an electrical fire to start and the box helps contain it.
- hnlmorg 1y agoI can’t speak for where you are, but it’s the norm in the uk. Eg around 4:25 in this video https://youtu.be/WZizlnLfLks?si=LjRI1EWIHhn6Ktgx https://youtu.be/WZizlnLfLks?si=LjRI1EWIHhn6Ktgx When I bought the Ikea light, it was just hook and no way to fix the plastic surround to the ceiling. Ikea might have updated the light since then though. As I said before, I got the light when it was new, long before it went viral, and ikea might have tweaked the design since.
- rad_gruchalski 1y agoYou haven’t been to Germany, I guess. Or the Netherlands.