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Okay essentially I have I light on my ceiling and would like to use that as a power source for my projector rather than running an extension cord up the wall as I am right now. I know there are screw in adapters but they are not grounded(only two prong) and are not recommended for permanent use I've read.
So I thought I would see if I could place an actual outlet in that spot instead. Looking for some advice and I've included pictures.
I unscrewed the light fixture and it has the black wire and white wire attached to it and what I assume is the ground wire stuffed up there because it's not being used. The box, I think that's what it's called, is a round box.
I was hoping to be able to take off the light fixture, insert an outlet into the round box, and then place a round outlet cover flush with the ceiling.
I went to menards and showed the people my pictures and what I wanted to do. They said since the box was round not square there wasn't a way to insert an outlet and a round cover unless I replaced the box. It's not an attic so we don't access to the ceiling. It's already painted so we don't want to tear it open and redo it.
The employee gave me another light fixture that was wired to ground and therefor had a 3 hole outlet on the side of it in addition the screw in bulb. He said this will work just won't be flush with ceiling.
So my question is, is there no way to do a flush outlet like the guy said without tearing open the ceiling according to my pictures? Not a huge deal to me as I can paint the fixture, but if there was an easy way to do a flush outlet id want that.
Also, with the new fixture since it has the outlet in addition the bulb socket, is it safe to have a bulb in as well as power the projector? It won't draw too much power and cut off the projector?
So I thought I would see if I could place an actual outlet in that spot instead. Looking for some advice and I've included pictures.
I unscrewed the light fixture and it has the black wire and white wire attached to it and what I assume is the ground wire stuffed up there because it's not being used. The box, I think that's what it's called, is a round box.
I was hoping to be able to take off the light fixture, insert an outlet into the round box, and then place a round outlet cover flush with the ceiling.
I went to menards and showed the people my pictures and what I wanted to do. They said since the box was round not square there wasn't a way to insert an outlet and a round cover unless I replaced the box. It's not an attic so we don't access to the ceiling. It's already painted so we don't want to tear it open and redo it.
The employee gave me another light fixture that was wired to ground and therefor had a 3 hole outlet on the side of it in addition the screw in bulb. He said this will work just won't be flush with ceiling.
So my question is, is there no way to do a flush outlet like the guy said without tearing open the ceiling according to my pictures? Not a huge deal to me as I can paint the fixture, but if there was an easy way to do a flush outlet id want that.
Also, with the new fixture since it has the outlet in addition the bulb socket, is it safe to have a bulb in as well as power the projector? It won't draw too much power and cut off the projector?
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